archetypical meaning

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archetypical (adjective): representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned.

Definition of archetypical

  1. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
    • archetypal patterns
    • she was the prototypal student activist

    Synonyms: archetypal, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical

    Similar: first

    Related forms: archetype

Scrabble score: 24 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AR · words ending in AL · 12-letter words

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