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" (238 found)
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Noun(25 words)
modelabsalomaeneasaphroditebabushkasbarbarellabellebimbobrummelbusybodiedcalibancharacter typechironcinderellasclytemnestracoquettecourtesanscurmudgeoncurmudgeonscyrano
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aesthetic formantetypeantitypearchetypal patternart formbeau idealbiotypeblind impulsebuildcastclassicclassic examplecollective unconsciouscomplex ideaconfigurationconformationcriterioncutembodimentengram
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Adjective(2 words)
authoritarian thinkercanonical exemplar
Strong matches (71)
Noun(25 words)
establisheverymanexemplarsexemplifyfairy tale motifformal logicianformulatefrench mythiquefrontiersmangaminesgauchosgueneveregunslingersharpieshighwaymanholofernesiblisirishmanivanjezebel
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Adjective(2 words)
fictional characterhellenic archetype
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Noun(48 words)
manawyddanmephistophelesmisanthropesmisanthropistmodel charactermore paradigmaticmost american historicalmost classicalmost customarymost industrial-revolutionarymost medievalmost prototypicalninjasoriginaloriginal modeloriginatepatternpersonapersonaepilot
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masterpiecemasterworkmatrixmemorymemory tracemirrormodalitymodemodelmoldmouldmouldermouldynatural instinctnatural tendencynew departurenoospherenoumenonoriginalparadigm
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paragonpatternpattern 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
Adjective(4 words)
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11 entriesarchetypal patternarchetype analysisarchetype characterarchetype figurearchetype modelarchetype motifarchetype patternarchetype studycommon archetypehero archetypementor archetype
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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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