archetypal

Meaning of archetypal

adjective

very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.
the archetypal country doctor
relating to or denoting Jungian archetypes.
recurrent as a symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.
an archetypal journey representing the quest for identity

Information about archetypal

It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of archetypal

ar-che-typal

It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
archetypal is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

archetypal synonyms

Meaning archetypical:

archetypical, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical

Meaning typical of a class, group, or body of opinion:

Meaning used or accepted as normal or average:

Meaning based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed:

Meaning very typical of its kind:

Meaning a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original:

Meaning serving as a desirable model; very good:

Meaning representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class:

Meaning having all the typical characteristics of something:

Meaning conforming or corresponding to an established standard or type:

Meaning exactly in accordance with established criteria; perfect:

Meaning (of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale:

Meaning relating to a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing:

Meaning serving as a typical example of something:

Meaning serving as an example or explanation:

Meaning constituting the result obtained by adding together several amounts and then dividing this total by the number of amounts:

Meaning showing a lack of originality; based on frequently repeated phrases or opinions:

Meaning (of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse:

Meaning (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite:

Meaning lacking originality; hackneyed:

archetypal antonyms

Meaning not representative of a type, group, or class:

Meaning being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else:

Translation of archetypal

Words that rhyme with archetypal

PayPal, Paypal, keypal, antitypal, ecttypal, ectypal, extypal, homotypal, microtypal, monotypal, prototypal, schizotypal, typal

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