type, pattern, archetypal
Example sentences
彼はまさに英国紳士の典型だ。
He is certainly a model English gentleman.
彼は積極的なセールスマンの典型だ。
He's the very model of an aggressive salesman.
浅学な人ほど自分が正しいと思っている典型ですね。
He's a classic case that the more ignorant people are the more sure they are that they are correct.