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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as archetypal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Relating to an archetype; archetypal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

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