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)‎^[1], 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)