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Uncommonarchetype
The correct spelling is archetype.
How to pronounce archetype
/ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/
nounIPA: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/
Say it like: Arc-het-ype
The correct spelling is archetype. An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
- 2.An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
- 3.A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- 4.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.
- 5.(textual criticism) A protograph.
verb
- 1.To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
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