ALL meanings of archetype
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A a - countable noun archetype An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics. 3
- noun archetype a perfect or typical specimen 3
- noun archetype an original model or pattern; prototype 3
- noun archetype one of the inherited mental images postulated by Jung as the content of the collective unconscious 3
- noun archetype a constantly recurring symbol or motif in literature, painting, etc 3
- noun archetype the original pattern, or model, from which all other things of the same kind are made; prototype 3
- noun archetype a perfect example of a type or group 3
- noun archetype in Jungian psychology, any of several innate ideas or patterns in the psyche, expressed in dreams, art, etc. as certain basic symbols or images 3
- noun archetype the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype. 1
- noun archetype (in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches. 1
- noun archetype A very typical example of a certain person or thing. 1
- noun archetype original model 1
- noun archetype epitome, example 1
- noun archetype An original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype. 0
- noun archetype (literature) A character, story, or object that is based on a known character, story, or object. 0
- noun archetype An ideal example of something; a quintessence. 0
- noun archetype (psychology) According to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity. 0
- verb archetype To depict as, model using or otherwise associate a subject or object with an archetype. 0