archetypal

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1. of or having the nature of an archetype, or original model or prototype: an archetypal evil stepmother.

adjective

1. perfect or typical as a specimen of something
2. being an original model or pattern or a prototype
3. psychoanal of or relating to Jungian archetypes
4. constantly recurring as a symbol or motif in literature, painting, etc

adj.

1640s, from Latin archetypum (see archetype) + -al (1). Jungian sense is from 1923.

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