archetype
- noun
- /ˈɑrkɪˌtaɪp/
- There are those who, like the Buddhist archetype Ho Tai, come to be Happy Wanderers.
- unconscious archetypes
- collective archetypes
- Jungian archetypes
Well, why don't we have you work with this pure archetype of mothering?
- Well, why don't we have you work with this pure archetype of mothering?
- That is the pattern or archetype or idea of those.
- Excuse me Then Carl Jung used the term archetype in more modern research.
- Yeah, but he doesn't fit the archetype slightly.
- So next thing up is a kind of delightful archetype called the Trickster.
- There's some other world in which the archetype or original of book exists.
- It was like, how do I start to step into that archetype now?
- And sorry, just to go back to the to the archetype of the lover or hope the optimist.
- And we're constantly told that you are living the Adam and Eve archetype.
- I I don't want to like paint this picture that it's just one kind of archetype, right?
- It's I think people really enjoy the well, I enjoy as well the breaking down archetypes and story and screen writing.
- And I think there was, you know, especially with IBLP, it is the archetype for covering up any type of abuse.
- And I say that these archetypes never really existed.
- It's that we, we get the archetypes from these people.
Examples
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Somalia is often cited as the archetype of a failed state.
Academic text (2011) -
All of these classic stories are expressions of fundamental archetypes of human conditions of consciousness.
Blog text (11) -
But figure out which archetype feels the most like you and then own it.
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The hero's journey, that archetype is so powerful.
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In the mythic phase, the lion is an archetype for the hero.
Academic text (1992) -
Women as caregivers became the American cultural archetype of femininity.
Academic text (2015) -
Well, why don't we have you work with this pure archetype of mothering?
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However, their use of myth and archetype addresses a deeper underlying psychological issue: that of cultural imbalance.
Academic text (1994) -
It does prove, however, what Jung said all along, that myths and archetypes are alive, and well and living in my apartment.
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The archetype of the detective has been depicted in countless films and books, showcasing the classic traits of intelligence and curiosity.
Synonyms
A person or thing that others copy because they are a good example
The first version of something from which copies are made
A first model or typical example that others are based on
A model or example that people follow in a field
Antonyms
How Typical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Archetype comes from Greek parts arche meaning 'beginning' and type meaning 'model'. So an archetype is the original model or perfect example that other things are copied from.