- a variation of archetypal.
archetypical
Example Sentences
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Wolfhard, a true-blue music nerd, has been described online as an archetypical example of the “child of a Gen X cool dad,” in the same vein as Olivia Rodrigo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Boritt, a Hungarian refugee who became an influential historian of two archetypical American subjects—Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War—died on Feb. 2 in Chambersburg, Pa. He was 86.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
With his Buzz Lightyear-like square jaw and clean cut appearance, he comes across as the archetypical heroic astronaut.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
“Clash of the Titans” was your breakthrough and it was an archetypical hero role, but you’ve also taken on more villainous roles like Aaron Echolls in “Veronica Mars,” and now Cortland Mayfair.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
His father was Constantijn Huygens, a master diplomat of the age, a litterateur, poet, composer, musician, close friend and translator of the English poet John Donne, and the head of an archetypical great family.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
