Definition of "archetypical" []

• In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative. (adjective)

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• "Fortunately, atheism has never been something you needed to commit yourself to: the 'archetypical' (in a very broad sense) atheist is a rationalist, a scientist,"
• "In particular, a crescent that Muslims face into to face Mecca is called a archetypical mihrab is crescent shaped.)"
• "It would be difficult to read about Conan of Cimmeria, Gandalf the White, Jommy Cross, Michael Valentine Smith, Paul Atriedes, or Ender Wiggins without an appreciation of the archetypical tale of a hero's journey, from the destruction of Troy, across cursed and monster-haunted seas, to the underworld and back again, through Punic love and Palatine wars."