archetypal

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His early characters were consistently archetypal, plucked from the average high school experience.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Lockhart’s casting as Maureen Robinson in “Lost in Space” feels like a line drawn from Ruth Martin, “Lassie” having established her as an archetypal figure of motherhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The characters seem conscious that they are playing archetypal heroic or tragic roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Working with crystals, Pauling had found that proteins frequently folded into an archetypal substructure—a single helix coiled like a spring.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee