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archetypal
[ahr-ki-tahy-puhl]
adjective
of or having the nature of an archetype, or original model or prototype.
an archetypal evil stepmother.
Word History and Origins
Origin of archetypal1
Example Sentences
A perfectly archetypal rom-com lead, looking as gorgeous as Johnson, Evans or Pascal, would be enough to draw audiences regardless of whether the film itself was realistic.
Rose, the archetypal stage mother determined to launch her daughters into the spotlight she was denied, is hustling June and Louise on the vaudeville circuit in the 1920s through the early 1930s.
Donald Trump's election has led Canada to rally to round its flag and has propelled a former central bank governor – an archetypal member of the country's political elite – to the highest office in the land.
The play revolves around two modern-day brothers, Booth and Lincoln, whose fate may be determined by the names their profoundly neglectful parents saddled them with as a joke — a joke with an archetypal punchline.
It feeds into the notion of the classic, archetypal 'away goal' - soak up pressure, win the ball back and hit the home side on the break.
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