prototypical
Standard example quality
Prototypical means representing the most typical or ideal example of a category.
A prototypical politician displays all the traits we associate with politicians generally.
The word appears frequently in academic and technical writing: The robin is the prototypical bird for most Americans.
Something prototypical embodies the essential characteristics others in its class are measured against.
Governing framework of thought
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- idealStandard of perfection
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
template · standard · representative · typical · characteristic · definitive · textbook · specimen
A class of things
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- family resemblanceVisible hereditary similarity
- central tendencyData's typical value
- typicalityConformity to standard patterns
categorization · concept · fuzzy boundaries · cognitive · semantic · feature · similarity · abstraction
Of analytical psychology
- collective unconsciousInherited psychological heritage of humanity
- animaInner personality essence
- animusDeep-seated hostility
- shadowLight blocked by object
persona · hero · trickster · mentor · maiden · threshold guardian · shapeshifter · herald
paradigm
Governing framework of thought
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- idealStandard of perfection
model · template · standard · representative · typical · characteristic · definitive · textbook · specimen · embodiment
category
A class of things
- schemaOrganized representational structure
- family resemblanceVisible hereditary similarity
- central tendencyData's typical value
typicality · categorization · concept · fuzzy boundaries · cognitive · semantic · feature · similarity · abstraction · Wittgenstein
Jungian
Of analytical psychology
- collective unconsciousInherited psychological heritage of humanity
- animaInner personality essence
- animusDeep-seated hostility
shadow · persona · hero · trickster · mentor · maiden · threshold guardian · shapeshifter · herald · individuation
prototypicalatypical
Not conforming to type
unrepresentative · aberrant · anomalous · untypical · uncharacteristic
prototypicalunusual
Not often encountered
unique · singular · distinctive · idiosyncratic · peculiar
prototypicalperipheral
External computer add-on
marginal · borderline · edge case · liminal · fringe