Archetypal

Archetypal
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. [1913 Webster]

Note: Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation. [1913 Webster]


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  • archetypal — (adj.) 1640s, from L. archetypum (see ARCHETYPE (Cf. archetype)) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Jungian sense is from 1923 …   Etymology dictionary

  • archetypal — [adj] most typical average, classic, clichéd, conventional, exemplary, hackneyed, model, most characteristic, paradigmatic, prime, quintessential, representative, standard, stereotypical, stock, textbook, trite; concept 530 Ant. atypical, unique …   New thesaurus

  • archétypal — archétype [ arketip ] n. m. • architipe 1230; lat. archetypum, gr. arkhetupon ♦ Type primitif ou idéal; original qui sert de modèle. ⇒ 2. étalon, modèle, 1. original, principe, prototype. « L hôtel des Cormon est, dans son genre, un archétype des …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • archetypal — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)kɪta͟ɪp(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it. [FORMAL] Cricket is the archetypal English …   English dictionary

  • archetypal — ar|che|typ|al [ ,arkə taıpl, arkə,taıpl ] adjective only before noun very typical of a particular type of person or thing: In his dark suit, he looked like the archetypal businessman …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • archetypal — archetype ► NOUN 1) a very typical example. 2) an original model. 3) a recurrent motif in literature or art. DERIVATIVES archetypal adjective archetypical adjective. ORIGIN Greek arkhetupon, from arkhe primitive + tupos a model …   English terms dictionary

  • archetypal — adjective representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned archetypal patterns she was the prototypal student activist • Syn: ↑archetypical, ↑prototypal, ↑prototypic, ↑prototypical • Similar to …   Useful english dictionary

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