archetypical

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adjective

In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized or most representative model.

Similar
archetypicarchetypalquintessentialprototypalprototypicprototypicalfirst1st
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English archetype →
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Meanings

adjectivearchetypical (comparative more archetypical, superlative most archetypical)

comparative more archetypical · superlative most archetypical

  1. In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized or most representative model.
  2. broadlyVery typical.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
archetypicarchetypalquintessential

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

Similar
archetypalprototypalprototypicprototypicalfirst1st
Also see
archetypalemblematicfirstprototypalprototypicprototypical

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englisharchetype
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englisharchetypical

From archetype + -ical.

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APA

archetypical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archetypical

MLA

“archetypical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archetypical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archetypical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archetypical.

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