ARCHETYPAL

archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical

(adjective) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; “archetypal patterns”; “she was the prototypal student activist”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

archetypal (comparative more archetypal, superlative most archetypal)

Of or pertaining to an archetype.

Synonyms

• archetypic

• archetypical

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"che*ty`pal, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. "One archetypal mind." Gudworth.

Note: Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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