archetypical

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I think David is good to bring up faerie tales here, since they are archetypical, and this actual situation fits the archetypes to an astonishing degree.

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  • So her mother takes to the bottle and is traded in by her father for the archetypical newer and younger model.
  • Circulation control or circulation control wings according to Wikipedia can for the archetypical Boeing 737 airliner cut approach speeds by 35 percent to 45 percent and landing distances by 55 percent to 75 percent, adding that such advances in wing design "could allow for dramatic wing size reduction in large, wide body jets." —  VoIP & Gadgets Blog
  • The stories, the book they were written in - The Bible, as well as the archetypical images - Jesus as Savior and God as Father were created to carry the message not be the message.
  • For the archetypical "cellular service for the poor rural masses", even these features should be plenty. —  LXer Linux News
  • I am interested in the experience and perception of text, both within readership and on an abstract (more holistic level perhaps) as the archetypical mediator and virtual-archive of human culture. —  Ask MetaFilter
 

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  1. from archetype. Cf. Greek αρχετυπικῶς, adverb
 

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