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archetypal (adj.)

"of or pertaining to an archetype," 1640s; see archetype + -al (1). Jungian sense is from 1923.

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Definitions of archetypal from WordNet

archetypal (adj.)
representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned;
archetypal patterns
Synonyms: archetypical / prototypal / prototypic / prototypical
From wordnet.princeton.edu