archetypal
pronunciation
How to pronounce archetypal in British English:
UK [ˌɑ:kiˈtaɪpl]
How to pronounce archetypal in American English:
US [ˌɑrkiˈtaɪpl]
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- Adjective:
- representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
Word Origin
- archetypal (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin archetypum (see archetype) + -al (1). Jungian sense is from 1923.
Example
- 1. I am not an archetypal eurosceptic .
- 2. It is the archetypal anti-hassle machine .
- 3. The blockbuster of the year and the first british show ever to focus on the portraits of this archetypal modern master , with more than 50 works .
- 4. Often depicted as the archetypal autocratic arab leader , he has never been seen as particularly imaginative .
- 5. But this does not mean the archetypal long-term problem , climate change , has gone away .