My characters all have something of the hero archetype about them, in that they are largely stripped of context.
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Archetype
//ˈɑːkɪtaɪp//
Synonyms for "archetype" (140 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
masterworkmatrixmemorymemory tracemirrormodalitymodemodelmoldmouldmouldermouldynatural instinctnatural tendencynew departurenoospherenoumenonparadigmparagonpattern
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pattern of perfectionperceptperfectionpilot modelplatonic formplatonic ideaprecedentprimitive selfprogenitorprototypequintessenceregulative first principlerepresentativerulesetshapesignificant formsimple ideastampstandardstructurestylesubconscious urgesubsistent formthe absolutethe absolute ideathe realized idealthe self-determinedtranscendent ideatranscendent nonempirical concepttranscendent universaltraumatic traceturntypetype speciestype specimenunconscious memoryuniversaluniversal conceptuniversal essenceunlearned capacityunreasoning impulseurtextvery modelvital impulse
Noun(5 words)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εἰκών noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܕܡܘܬܐ noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Bulgarian
1 entries- първообраз noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Catalan
4 entries- arquetip noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- arquetip noun (ideal example of something — see also quintessence)
- arquetip noun (character, object, or story based on a known character, object, or story)
- arquetip noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 典範 /典范 noun (ideal example of something — see also quintessence)
- 原型 noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Czech
1 entries- archetyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Danish
1 entries- arketype noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Dutch
3 entries- archetype noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- archetype noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
- oermodel noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Esperanto
3 entries- arketipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- arĥetipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- pratipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Finnish
4 entries- arkkityyppi noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- arkkityyppi noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
- eksemplaari noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- eksemplaari noun (ideal example of something — see also quintessence)
French
2 entries- archétype noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- archétype noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
Georgian
4 entries- არქეტიპი noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- დედანი noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- მოდელი noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- ნიმუში noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
German
4 entries- Archetyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- Archetyp noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
- Prototyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- Urbild noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Greek
3 entries- αρχέτυπο noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- αρχέτυπο noun (character, object, or story based on a known character, object, or story)
- αρχέτυπο noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
Hindi
4 entries- आदिप्ररूप noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- आदिरूप noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- आद्यप्ररूप noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- आद्यरूप noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Hungarian
1 entries- archetípus noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Ido
2 entries- ideo noun (ideal example of something — see also quintessence)
- primtipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Italian
2 entries- archetipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- capostipite noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Japanese
2 entries- 原型 noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- 祖型 noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Macedonian
1 entries- архетип noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Manx
1 entries- ard-chaslys noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Middle English
1 entries- forebīsen noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- arketyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- arketype noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- arketyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- arketype noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Polish
3 entries- archetyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- archetyp noun (character, object, or story based on a known character, object, or story)
- archetyp noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
Portuguese
4 entries- arquétipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- arquétipo noun (ideal example of something — see also quintessence)
- arquétipo noun (character, object, or story based on a known character, object, or story)
- arquétipo noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
Russian
4 entries- архети́п noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- архети́п noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
- образе́ц noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- образе́ц noun (ideal example of something — see also quintessence)
Spanish
2 entries- arquetipo noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- exponente noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Swedish
1 entries- arketyp noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Turkish
1 entries- arketip noun (Jungian psychology: universal pattern of thought)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nguyên hình noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
- nguyên mẫu noun (original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The clarity of the tax code was good enough to become the archetype of perspicuous writing in the lawyer's cohort.
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Mr. Jackson fits the archetype of a wizard.
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According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
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