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

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ideal type

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

In her hour-long comedy special, Nicole Byer reminisces over all the craziness spurred by a pandemic-plagued year-plus and jokes about everything from her ideal type to her ambiguous veganism.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2021

For Weber, as his ideal type suggests, the bureaucracy was not only necessary but also a positive human development.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

He has an idea of his ideal type of project, too.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020

Lord Monmouth is the ideal type of the 'Venetian' aristocracy; and Rigby, like his historical namesake, of the corrupt wire-pullers who flourished under their shade.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Sir Leslie Stephen