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ideal type

noun

Definition of ideal type

: an abstraction of features from empirical reality and their embodiment into a unified conceptual scheme of hypothetical validity sees the ideal type of monogamy in Christian marriage— Rodney Needham analysis of social situations by the use of ideal types

First Known Use of ideal type

1923, in the meaning defined above

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