What is "prototypical" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does prototypical mean in English? Meaning of prototypical definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "prototypical" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "prototypical": representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Adjective

  • Meaning: representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned
  • Example: archetypal patterns she was the prototypal student activist
  • Synonyms: archetypal archetypical prototypal prototypic prototypical
  • Similar: first
  • Adjective: constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on, or derived from
  • Synonyms:

    archetypal, quintessential, archetypic, archetypical, average, characteristic, classic, classical, common, commonplace, emblematic, essential, everyday, exemplary, expected, general, habitual, ideal, illustrative, indicative, model, natural, normal, old hat, ordinary, orthodox, paradigmatic, prevalent, prototypal, prototypic, regular, representative, standard, standardized, stock, suggestive, symbolic, typic, unexceptional, in character, in keeping, matter-of-course, patterned,

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    prototypical in English: prototypical
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