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archetype
Meaning: original model or typical example of a particular kind
archetype in a sentence
How archetype is used in real sentences:
The wise mentor is an archetype found in myths from many cultures.
Her selfless courage made her an archetype of the principled public servant.
“Old accounts often made the animal an archetype of wilderness, while some ranchers portrayed every attack on livestock as evidence of lupine depravity, as if hunger were deliberate evil.”
— from the passage The Valley Remembers
Synonyms for archetype
Other words for archetype — prototype, model and exemplar — carry the same meaning.
- prototype
- model
- exemplar
Antonyms of archetype
Words that mean the opposite of archetype:
- anomaly
- exception
- deviation
Where it comes from
From Greek archetypon, meaning 'original pattern or model.'
Word parts
- arch — ruler, chief, first
archetype: arch- (first, original) + type (model)
Memory hook
ARCH means 'first' and TYPE means 'kind': an archetype is the first or ideal model of its kind.