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PROTOTYPAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prototypal mean? 

PROTOTYPAL (adjective)
  The adjective PROTOTYPAL has 1 sense:

1. representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patternedplay

  Familiarity information: PROTOTYPAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROTOTYPAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned

Synonyms:

archetypal; archetypical; prototypal; prototypic; prototypical

Context example:

she was the prototypal student activist

Similar:

first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)

Derivation:

prototype (a standard or typical example)


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