Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to an archetype; constituting a model or pattern; original: as, “one archetypal mind,” Cudworth. Also archetypic, archetypical.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to an archetype.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Examples
“I also sense that you don't really understand the word archetypal, but that's okay.”
“There was 'a wonder in heaven; 'a throne was seen, far above all created powers, mediatorial, intercessory; a title archetypal; a crown bright as the morning star; a glory issuing from the”
Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws
“To track how the pendulum swung so far that it actually did a fairground loop, it's helpful to recall the archetypal — and in practice, widely emulated — nineties parenting guide Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, by Laura Davis and Janis Keyser.”
“By G. Adams this space has been appositely called archetypal space, or ur-space.”
“In their totality, they represent and are called the archetypal man, without whom the production of permanent worlds was impossible.”
“Faith in Christ implies that he held such a relation to the human race as none other could have, i.e., owing to the absolute power of the God-consciousness in him, his person was archetypal, which is the same as to say that God was present in him as”
The Theology of Schleiermacher: A Condensed Presentation of His Chief Work, "The Christian Faith"
“-- We have lost memory of what I may call the archetypal languages of”
“Metro Bank is what Bank of England Governor Mervyn King would describe as your archetypal narrow bank," says Thomson.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“He has been described as the archetypal all-round centre-forward, because he finishes coolly, shoots powerfully with both feet and is good in the air.”
“Some of the shoes have become so well known and familiar they might even be called archetypal shoes.”
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