ideal type

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of ideal type

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In some ways, a repentant logger like 26-year-old Bekewei is the ideal type of ranger: national parks in Africa's most populous country face a slew of difficulties, many of them stemming from people having few job opportunities.

From Barron's

As the owner of ideal type of venue for artists who are too big for a club but can’t fill an arena or NFL stadium, Live Nation has a lot of power over artists who want to play to growing crowds.

From Slate

"As there's no one ideal type of grassland, we always have to weigh up the pros and cons. We have to ask ourselves: Who's benefiting the most from what kind of management and in what location?"

From Science Daily

Fink, who chairs a newly created music industry program at UCLA, said he sees Swift as a “kind of ideal type”: the artist-entrepreneur who controls her career.

From Los Angeles Times

And Wilson might be the ideal type of player to gamble on in this area.

From Seattle Times