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Ideal
A kind of metonymic ICM. An ideal ICM contrasts with social stereotypes and typical examples. For example, we might have an ideal for the category politician: someone who is public-spirited, altruistic, hardworking and so on. This may contrast with our stereotype of politicians as egotistical and powerhungry. Typicality effects occur when the ideal stands metonymically for the entire category. For instance, with respect to our ideal the utterance He's a great politician might be interpreted as a positive evaluation.
However, with respect to our social stereotype, the same utterance would be interpreted as a negative evaluation.
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