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ideal-seeking behavior

ideal-seeking behavior noun: behavior that is characterized by both the desire and the ability to progress towards an ideal by choosing a new goal when a previous one has been met or the effort to meet it has failed.

Noun

ideal-seeking behavior (uncountable)

  1. Behavior that is characterized by both the desire and the ability to progress towards an ideal by choosing a new goal when a previous one has been met or the effort to meet it has failed.

Questions about ideal-seeking behavior

What does ideal-seeking behavior mean?
Ideal-seeking behavior means behavior that is characterized by both the desire and the ability to progress towards an ideal by choosing a new goal when a previous one has been met or the effort to meet it has failed.
What part of speech is ideal-seeking behavior?
Ideal-seeking behavior is a noun.

Words near ideal-seeking behavior in the dictionary

  1. ideal polyhedrons
  2. ideal solution
  3. ideal solutions
  4. ideal triangle
  5. ideal triangles
  6. ideal-seeking behavior
  7. ideal-typical
  8. idealess
  9. idealessness
  10. idealisation
  11. idealisations

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