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   archetypal

   /ˌɑːkɪˈtʌɪpl/

   adjective

   • 1. very typical of a certain kind of person or thing: "the archetypal country doctor"
   • ▪ relating to or denoting an original which has been imitated: "archetypal myths"
   • 2. relating to or denoting Jungian archetypes.
   • 3. recurrent as a symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology: "an archetypal journey representing the quest for identity"

   Derivatives

   • 1. archetypally adverb

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   What does archetype mean?

   • Did you know? Archetype comes from the Greek verb archein ("to begin" or "to rule") and the noun typos ("type"). Archetype has specific uses in the fields of philosophy and psychology. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, for example, believed that all things have ideal forms (aka archetypes) of which real things are merely shadows or copies.

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   What is an example of an archetype?

   • The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, for example, believed that all things have ideal forms (aka archetypes) of which real things are merely shadows or copies. And in the psychology of C. G. Jung, archetype refers to an inherited idea or mode of thought that is present in the unconscious of the individual.

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   What is archetypal adjective?

   • Definition of archetypal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary having all the important qualities that make somebody/something a typical example of a particular kind of person or thing The Beatles were the archetypal pop group. It was the archetypal British suburb, built in the 1930s. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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   What is an archetypal creation?

   • All things exist, according to his well-known doctrine of ideas, in an ideal or archetypal form, a pattern laid up in heaven. This is a Generic Creation, creation according to genera or classes, like the "archetypal ideas" of Plato. Archetypal definition: of or having the nature of an archetype, or original model or prototype.

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   Archetype is a noun that means the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies, or a perfect example. It also has specific uses in philosophy and psychology.

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   An archetypal thing represents an original type after which other, similar things are patterned. With her green skin, black garb, and evil ways, the Wicked Witch of the West is an archetypal villain.

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    Archetypal means having all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and being a perfect example of it. Learn more about the word frequency, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of archetypal with Collins English Dictionary.