archetypal

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At first glance, Maia seems like a girlboss-in-training, a “nesting doll” of Alyssa, the archetypal Millennial girlboss.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2025

Lockhart’s casting as Maureen Robinson in “Lost in Space” feels like a line drawn from Ruth Martin, “Lassie” having established her as an archetypal figure of motherhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Within minutes, we’d found a red-capped, white-dotted Amanita muscaria, the archetypal fairy-tale mushroom, which felt like spotting a celebrity in the grocery store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

The characters seem conscious that they are playing archetypal heroic or tragic roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

He was the archetypal theoretical physicist: it was said of him that even his presence in the same town would make experiments go wrong!

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking