Archetypal

/ˈɑːkɪtaɪpəl/

Synonyms for "archetypal" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Adjective(5 words)
archetypicalclassicclassic mayaconventionalemblematic descriptor
Noun(1 words)
classic design pattern
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (9)

Adjective(4 words)
exemplaryiconicjungianmodel character
Noun(3 words)
hero journeyingénuesmost prototypical

Related words (15)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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classic casehero archetypementor archetypequest archetyperepresentative instancestandard exampletrickster archetype

Collocations

6 entries
archetypal characterarchetypal figurearchetypal imagearchetypal motifarchetypal narrativearchetypal stereotype

Inflections

2 entries
more archetypalmost archetypal

Derivations

3 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ziri is your archetypal hillbilly.

Source: tatoeba (11209676)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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