Definition of Archetypical

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


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

archership
archerships
archery
arches
arches of the foot
archespore
archesporia
archesporial
archesporium
archest
archetypal
archetypally
archetype
archetyped
archetypes
archetypical (current term)
archetypically
archetyping
archeus
archfiend
archfiends
archfoe
archfoes
archform
archi-
archiannelid
archiannelida
archiannelids
archiater
archiblastula

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 ..."

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