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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A detailed analysis of a person or group, especially as a model of medical, psychiatric, psychological, or social phenomena.
- noun A detailed intensive study of a unit, such as a corporation or a corporate division, that stresses factors contributing to its success or failure.
- noun An exemplary or cautionary model; an instructive example.
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- noun
Research performed in detail on a singleindividual ,group ,incident orcommunity , as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.
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- noun a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view
- noun a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure
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