archetype
IPA: ˈɑrkɪtaɪp
noun
- An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
- (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
- (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
verb
- To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
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Examples of "archetype" in Sentences
- The exemplar is known as the archetype.
- It is the archetype of the Baphuon style.
- She oversees the creation of the Archetype.
- I was confusing the archetype and the class.
- The descriptions of the archetypes are great.
- Poe is the archetype of the Dark Romanticists.
- Remuneration is the archetype of self dealing.
- He is one of the best examples of the stoner archetype in cartoon form.
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