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ARCHETYPICAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does archetypical mean?

• ARCHETYPICAL (adjective)
The adjective ARCHETYPICAL has 1 sense:

1. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Familiarity information: ARCHETYPICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ARCHETYPICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Synonyms:

archetypal; archetypical; prototypal; prototypic; prototypical

Context examples:

archetypal patterns / she was the prototypal student activist

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

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