อุดมคติ
ideal
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It refers to a picture of the best or most desirable state, held as a goal or standard rather than as present reality.
ideal
An imagined best state that serves as a goal or standard.
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ชีวิตในอุดมคติ chiiwít nay udomkhatì an ideal life ชีวิตในอุดมคติ details
Learning notes
Explanation
อุดมคติ is a noun for an ideal: not reality as it currently exists, but the best state imagined as a goal or standard. It can follow ใน in the pattern “noun + ในอุดมคติ,” as in คนในอุดมคติ, “an ideal person.” The word has a somewhat abstract tone but is also used in ordinary conversations about an ideal partner, lifestyle, job, or future.
Usage
It is used when discussing an ideal life, career, partner, or society, and especially when contrasting an ideal with reality. It is also common in writing about society, education, and philosophy.
Caution
To mean “ideal” before an English noun, Thai commonly uses the pattern “noun + ในอุดมคติ,” such as ชีวิตในอุดมคติ for “an ideal life.” Do not automatically place อุดมคติ before the noun as if it were an English adjective.
Differences from similar words
1 ideal synonyms
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อุดมการณ์ means an ideology, guiding principle, or conviction that directs action. อุดมคติ focuses on an ideal or idealized state regarded as the best possible.