textbook case
Ideal illustrative instance
A textbook case is a perfect example of something, so clear and typical it could be used for instruction: a textbook case of fraud, a textbook case of what not to do.
The phrase implies the situation matches theory exactly, with no complicating factors.
Also textbook example.
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
law · standard · paradigm · symptomatology · par excellence · model · pattern recognition · classification · open and shut · benchmark · typology · ideal · medical diagnosis · education · diagnostic tool · psychological profile · medicine · real world example
- idealsideal, utopia, archetypes, models, paradise
- perfect examplesparadigm, exemplar, archetype, prototype, gold standard
- hypotheticalshypothesis, hypothetical, what-if, what if, conjecture
textbook caseanomaly
Departure from the expected
outlier · exception · aberration · deviation · freak occurrence
textbook caseone-of-a-kind
Having no equivalent
sui generis · wild card · black swan · fluke · curveball
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