archetypal

See also: archétypal

English

Etymology

From archetype +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːkɪtaɪpəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹkɪtaɪpəl/

Adjective

archetypal (comparative more archetypal, superlative most archetypal)

1. Of or pertaining to an archetype.
   • 2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, London, page R11:

     In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.

Synonyms

• archetypic
• archetypical

Derived terms

• archetypally
• nonarchetypal

Translations

of or pertaining to an archetype

Catalan: arquetípic (ca) Finnish: arkkityyppinen French: archétypal (fr), archétypique (fr) Georgian: არქეტიპული (arkeṭiṗuli) German: archetypisch (de) Hungarian: archetipikus (hu) Italian: archetipale (it) Polish: archetypowy (pl), archetypiczny (pl) Portuguese: arquetípico Spanish: arquetípico (es)