Archetypal and Execrable

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Archetypal adjective - Constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated.

Usage example: St. Peter's basilica in Rome is considered by some art historians to be the archetypal structure in the baroque style

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Execrable is an antonym for archetypal.

Nearby Words: archetype, archetypical

Execrable adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.

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Archetypal is an antonym for execrable.

Nearby Words: execration, execrated, execrably, execrating

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