Definition: (noun) Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.
Synonyms: nonesuch, nonpareil, apotheosis, ideal, saint.
Usage: Nowadays, with our modern mania for morality, everyone has to pose as a paragon of purity, incorruptibility, and all the other seven deadly virtues.
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