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Word: Archetype
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek arkhetupon ‘something moulded first as a model’, from arkhe- ‘primitive’ + tupos ‘a model’
ˈɑːkɪtʌɪp
a very typical example of a certain person or thing
Short Definition:very typical example of certain person or thing
Examples:- he was the archetype of the old-style football club chairman
(in Jungian theory) a primitive mental image inherited from the earliest human ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious.
Short Definition:(in Jungian theory) primitive mental image inherited from earliest human ancestors
a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology
Short Definition:recurrent symbol or motif in literature or mythology
Examples:- mythological archetypes of good and evil
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