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Princeton's WordNet

  1. archetypal, archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypicaladjective

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

    "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist"

Wiktionary

  1. archetypaladjective

    Of or pertaining to an archetype.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Archetypaladjective

    Original; being a pattern from which copies are made.

    Etymology: archetypus, Lat.

    Through contemplation’s opticks I have seen
    Him who is fairer than the sons of men:
    The source of good, the light archetypal. John Norris, Miscell.

Wikipedia

  1. archetypal

    The concept of an archetype (; from Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) 'to begin', and τῠ́πος (túpos) 'sort, type') appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis.

ChatGPT

  1. archetypal

    Archetypal refers to something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all the important characteristics that are expected or typical of that thing. It also refers to characters or events that are common patterns across different cultures, as defined by theories in psychology and literature, such as those proposed by Carl Jung.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Archetypaladjective

    of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of archetypal in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of archetypal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of archetypal in a Sentence

  1. Dr John:

    The story of bluestones transported by the vast Irish Sea Glacier is every bit as wonderful as the archetypal myth of Neolithic Argonauts struggling to move heavy stones with the aid of crude tools, heavy sledges and flimsy rafts.

  2. Gavin Naylor:

    The river sharks are particularly mysterious, they are archetypal, typical looking sharks like a great reef or bull shark. They sort of look like that but they have tiny little eyes and big broad fins.

  3. Gavin Naylor:

    They are archetypal, typical looking sharks like a great reef or bull shark. They sort of look like that but they have tiny little eyes and big broad fins, these are adaption for living in very turbid water. If you have a look where these things live, the visibility is about an inch. It’s completely muddy water.

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