archetypal

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And the sets are these massive archetypal Jungian visions that feel very much like they’re part of his inner conscious, his subconscious, and not so much objective reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

But Real Betis defender Hector Bellerin is not the archetypal player.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

At once different from most other students, the scholarship boy is also the archetypal ‘good student.’

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez