of or pertaining to an archetype (original pattern, prototype, paradigm)
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Archetypal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
archetypal
\ar"che*ty`pal\ (&?;), a. 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.
Adjective
1. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist"
(synonym) archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical
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Archetypal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An archetype is a universally understood symbol, term, or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated. Archetypes are often used in myths and storytelling across different cultures.
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