In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ARCHETYPICAL
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
archetypical (comparative more archetypical, superlative most archetypical)
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.
Synonyms
• archetypic
• archetypal
• quintessential
Source: Wiktionary
Ar`che*typ"ic*al, a.
Definition: Relating to an archetype; archetypal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ALIENATED
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
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