What does "archetypal" mean?

Of or pertaining to an archetype.

How do you pronounce "archetypal"?

Pronounced //ˈɑːkɪtaɪpəl//.

Common synonyms include: archetypical, classic, classic design pattern, classic maya, conventional, emblematic descriptor.

/ˈɑːkɪtaɪpəl/ adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
"In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness."

Adjective

1
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned wordnet

"Ziri is your archetypal hillbilly."

From archetype + -al.