Paragon
noun
A person or thing that is perfect or excellent in some way and should be considered a model or example to be copied.
She is a paragon of virtue.
Often appears as...
- paragon of virtue
- paragon of patience
noun
In printing, a paragon is a size of type, smaller than canon but larger than double pica.
The book was printed in paragon type to make it easy for everyone to read.
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noun
In gemology, a paragon is a flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
The paragon diamond she wore was the finest in the collection.
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Technical
noun
A person or thing that is perfect or excellent in some way and should be considered a model or example to be copied.
She is a paragon of virtue.
Often appears as...
- paragon of virtue
- paragon of patience
noun
In printing, a paragon is a size of type, smaller than canon but larger than double pica.
The book was printed in paragon type to make it easy for everyone to read.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In gemology, a paragon is a flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
The paragon diamond she wore was the finest in the collection.
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Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Ideal Standard
Use 'paragon' to describe someone who sets the highest standard in behavior, morality, or skill.
His honesty makes him a paragon for all politicians.
Pro Tip 2/3Unmatched Quality
Use 'paragon' to emphasize that nothing else matches the persons' or items' quality or characteristics.
This painting is a paragon of Renaissance art.
Pro Tip 3/3Role Model Emphasis
'Paragon' often implies that the entity sets an example worth emulating or admiring.
She's a paragon to all aspiring athletes.
Pro Tip 1/3Ideal Standard
Use 'paragon' to describe someone who sets the highest standard in behavior, morality, or skill.
His honesty makes him a paragon for all politicians.
Pro Tip 2/3Unmatched Quality
Use 'paragon' to emphasize that nothing else matches the persons' or items' quality or characteristics.
This painting is a paragon of Renaissance art.
Pro Tip 3/3Role Model Emphasis
'Paragon' often implies that the entity sets an example worth emulating or admiring.
She's a paragon to all aspiring athletes.
Pro Tip 1/3Ideal Standard
Use 'paragon' to describe someone who sets the highest standard in behavior, morality, or skill.
His honesty makes him a paragon for all politicians.
Pro Tip 2/3Unmatched Quality
Use 'paragon' to emphasize that nothing else matches the persons' or items' quality or characteristics.
This painting is a paragon of Renaissance art.
Pro Tip 3/3Role Model Emphasis
'Paragon' often implies that the entity sets an example worth emulating or admiring.
She's a paragon to all aspiring athletes.
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Jane Poynter: Life in...
that I had a huge impact on my biosphere, everyday, and it had an impact on me, very viscerally, very literally. So I went about my Paragon Space Development Corporation, a little firm I started with people while I was in the Biosphere, because I had nothing else to do.
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How do US Supreme Court...
even as different parties take power. With the tremendous impact of this responsibility, it's no wonder that a US Supreme Court justice is expected to be, in the words of Irving R. Kaufman, "a paragon of virtue, an intellectual Titan, and an administrative wizard."
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Kevin Hand: Exploring...
Paragon and and what fascinates me about the search for life elsewhere is the prospect that we might discover some other biochemical pathways some other way that life gets the business of living
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Jane Poynter: Life in...
that I had a huge impact on my biosphere, everyday, and it had an impact on me, very viscerally, very literally. So I went about my Paragon Space Development Corporation, a little firm I started with people while I was in the Biosphere, because I had nothing else to do.
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How do US Supreme Court...
even as different parties take power. With the tremendous impact of this responsibility, it's no wonder that a US Supreme Court justice is expected to be, in the words of Irving R. Kaufman, "a paragon of virtue, an intellectual Titan, and an administrative wizard."
Video examples
Kevin Hand: Exploring...
Paragon and and what fascinates me about the search for life elsewhere is the prospect that we might discover some other biochemical pathways some other way that life gets the business of living
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India Arie
American Musician
Could a person really make a social contribution through music consciously? I mean, beyond making a person happy to hear the song and more making a social contribution consciously through your music? For me, Stevie Wonder is the paragon of that. And I didn't want to be Stevie Wonder, but I did want to do what he does.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself.
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Robert Kennedy, Jr.
American Activist
My father thought of America as the last best hope for humanity. He believed we had a historical mission to be a paragon to the rest of the world, to be about what human beings can accomplish if they work together and maintain their focus.
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Joe Russo
American Director
I've seen 'Goodfellas' a hundred times, and one of the things that I take away from that movie is dynamic pacing and energy. I just think that film is sort of a paragon of excellence in filmmaking and the compression of narrative.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
I do occasionally encounter a British business that delivers what and when, and for exactly the price, they promised. But commercial paragons in the U.K. are rare.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.
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Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
American Businesswoman
My father has been to me a paragon of what actualizing philanthropic potential can be.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
Saddam Hussein admired, studied, and copied Stalin, the paragon of modern dictators.
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Wayne Rogers
American Actor
I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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India Arie
American Musician
Could a person really make a social contribution through music consciously? I mean, beyond making a person happy to hear the song and more making a social contribution consciously through your music? For me, Stevie Wonder is the paragon of that. And I didn't want to be Stevie Wonder, but I did want to do what he does.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than to come down to Earth in his alter ego as his son and have himself hideously tortured and executed so that he could forgive himself.
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Robert Kennedy, Jr.
American Activist
My father thought of America as the last best hope for humanity. He believed we had a historical mission to be a paragon to the rest of the world, to be about what human beings can accomplish if they work together and maintain their focus.
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Joe Russo
American Director
I've seen 'Goodfellas' a hundred times, and one of the things that I take away from that movie is dynamic pacing and energy. I just think that film is sort of a paragon of excellence in filmmaking and the compression of narrative.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
I do occasionally encounter a British business that delivers what and when, and for exactly the price, they promised. But commercial paragons in the U.K. are rare.
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Steve Coogan
British Comedian
Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.
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Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
American Businesswoman
My father has been to me a paragon of what actualizing philanthropic potential can be.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Historian
Saddam Hussein admired, studied, and copied Stalin, the paragon of modern dictators.
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Wayne Rogers
American Actor
I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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Tennessee Williams
American Dramatist
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
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