prototypical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.

/ˌpɹəʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/ /ˌpɹəʊtəʊ-/ /-əkəl/ /ˌpɹoʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/ /ˌpɹoʊtoʊ-/

prototypical more prototypical most prototypical

From prototype + -ical.

archetypal archetypic archetypical prototypic

stereotypical

prototypicality prototypically unprototypical

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