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Stereotypical vs Archetypal - What's the difference?

stereotypical | archetypal |

As adjectives the difference between stereotypical and archetypal

is that stereotypical is pertaining to a stereotype; conventional while archetypal is archetypal.

stereotypical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a stereotype; conventional
  • banal, commonplace and because of overuse
    • I was disappointed by the ''stereotypical the-butler-did-it ending.

    Derived terms

    * stereotypically

    archetypal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to an archetype.
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    • Synonyms

    * archetypic * archetypical