ideal type
Sociology
noun
A hypothetical construct made up of the salient features or elements of a social phenomenon, or generalized concept, in order to facilitate comparison and classification of what is found in operation. Also (frequently with hyphen) attributive.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Economics. After German Idealtypus.
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- French knitting
- French knot
- French lavender
- French leave
- Frenchless
- French letter
- French-like
- French loaf
- French lock
- French lungwort
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- French maid
- French mallow
- Frenchman
- French manicure
- French mercury
- French merino
- French mustard
- Frenchness
- French nut
- French panel
- French paradox
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