Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to an archetype; constituting a model or pattern; original: as, “one archetypal mind,” Cudworth. Also archetypic, archetypical.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to an
archetype .
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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Examples
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I also sense that you don't really understand the word archetypal, but that's okay.
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"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 James Buchanan 1837
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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.
Marshal Plan 2005
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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.
Marshal Plan 2005
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By G. Adams this space has been appositely called archetypal space, or ur-space.
Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs
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In their totality, they represent and are called the archetypal man, without whom the production of permanent worlds was impossible.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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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" 1862-1929 1911
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-- We have lost memory of what I may call the archetypal languages of
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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"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 2010
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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.
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