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Definition of Archetypical
1. Adjective. Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned. "She was the prototypal student activist"
Similar to: First
Derivative terms: Archetype, Archetype, Prototype, Prototype, Prototype
Definition of Archetypical
1. a. Relating to an archetype; archetypal.
Definition of Archetypical
1. Adjective. In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative. ¹
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Definition of Archetypical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archetypical
Literary usage of Archetypical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"In other words, there was a seeming descending from the archetypical world to
the body-world. But this is only an appearance. Essentially, there is no first ..."
2. Agricultural Intensification by Smallholders in the Western Brazilian Amazon by Stephen A. Vosti, Julie Witcover, Chantal Line Carpentier (2002)
"This in effect creates formulas by which farmers can substitute inputs in production.
The archetypical farmer in the baseline finds this situation ..."
3. The Theological and Philosophical Works of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian by Hermes, John David Chambers (1882)
"archetypical Form, 3; archetypical Light and Soul, 21. Ascent to Good of Soul,
what, 13; through Harmony leaving Vices, ibid. Arts and Sciences, rays of Man ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"that the stone-throwing of the present day is done out of sympathy with the
feelings of that archetypical bachelor of long ..."