perfections

noun

plural of perfection
as in ideals
the most perfect type or example Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life

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Recent Examples of perfections The collection is built around a fascination of the forest, its mystery, beauty, and the sublime forces of nature, its perfections and imperfections. — Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfections
  1. ideals
  2. manifestations
  3. classics
  4. incarnations
  5. models
Noun
  • During their reign in Hollywood’s Golden Age, their lives and cinematic work played out ideals about femininity and its expectations in American culture writ large.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In other parts of the West, officials have rethought their green and grassy ideals, such as in Nevada in 2021 where lawmakers banned decorative grass.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of ideals
Noun
  • Many Hindus today identify as Shaivas, Vaishnavas, or Shaktas, sectarian groups that, respectively, worship Shiva, Vishnu, or Shakti as supreme, with all other deities considered as manifestations or subordinates.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Pursued by monstrous entities and confronted by manifestations of human suffering, Dante and Virgil will eventually come face to face with the Devil himself.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of manifestations
Noun
  • The company is also leaning into classics with current releases including 4K restorations of Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s All Around Us and Hush!
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The menu from chef Tayler Ploshehanski is simply fun, rethinking bistro classics with a Midwestern take.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of classics
Noun
  • In previous incarnations, the project has included a luxury hotel, apartments and a Frank Gehry museum.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Heisenberg and Schrödinger had come up with two radically different incarnations of one theory.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of incarnations
Noun
  • OpenAI's choice to end developers' access to its models via Cursor is not a first in the industry.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This is why the results from the MHS research preview and Anthropic’s frontier AI models are so meaningful.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of models

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“Perfections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfections. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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