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archetype noun

  /ˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/ , /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/
  • An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]
 archetipo, capostipite
  • (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
  • (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
 archetipo

archetypal adjective

  /ˈɑɹkɪtaɪpəl/ , /ˈɑːkɪtaɪpəl/
  • Of or pertaining to an archetype.
 archetipale

archetypic

archetipo
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