From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprototypicalpro‧to‧typ‧i‧cal /ˌprəʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl◂ $ ˌproʊ-/ adjective very typical of a group or type prototypical behaviour
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prototypical• At its worst, this might sound like a circular method of analysis, setting up a prototypical chicken-and-egg dilemma.• "All I Want for Christmas" is the prototypical comedy for 8- to 12-year-olds.• There are laughs to be had in putting James at odds with his own Americanness, and indeed his own prototypical modernity.• It honed in on the prototypical shape that was behind all the degraded images.• With his broken-down truck and borrowed electricity, Carvel was the prototypical sole proprietor.• Several authors of early and / or prototypical works are listed below. 