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ideal type

noun

a construct abstracted from experience in which individual elements are combined to form a whole that is conceptually independent of empirical factors or variables, but against which particular examples of the appropriate class found in life can be measured.

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Origin of ideal type

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby ideal type

idealize, idealized image, ideally, ideal of pure reason, ideal point, ideal type, idea man, ideamonger, idea of pure reason, idea of reference, ideas of reference
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