Definition of Prototypical

1. Adjective. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned. "She was the prototypal student activist"


Definition of Prototypical

1. Adjective. constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from ¹

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Definition of Prototypical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prototypical

prototroph
prototrophic
prototrophies
prototrophs
prototrophy
prototropic
prototropically
prototropy
prototypal
prototype
prototyped
prototyper
prototypers
prototypes
prototypic
prototypical (current term)
prototypicality
prototypically
prototyping
protovertebra
protovertebrae
protovertebral
protoxid
protoxide
protoxides
protoxidize
protoxidized
protoxidizes
protoxidizing
protoxids

Literary usage of Prototypical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for edited by Ada-Helen Bayer, Frances L. Brisbane, Amelie Ramirez, Leonard G. Epstein (1998)
"prototypical Examples of Measures of Typical Response The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) provides an excellent example of a device that ..."

2. Meta-Analysis of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs edited by William J. Bukoski (1998)
"This requires identifying the prototypical, identity-inferring elements (Rosch ... In addition to the prototypical elements making a study relevant to a ..."

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