ideal type

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ideal type¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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

“When you feel like it’s a combination of it all, that’s when you feel like you kind of hit the jackpot in terms of this is the ideal type of interview, and that was one that I have consistently said I came out of feeling that way regardless of how it ended up.”

From Seattle Times