Associations to the word «Archetype»

Wiktionary

ARCHETYPE, noun. An original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype
ARCHETYPE, noun. (literature) A character, story, or object that is based on a known character, story, or object.
ARCHETYPE, noun. An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
ARCHETYPE, noun. (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.
ARCHETYPE, verb. To depict as, model using or otherwise associate a subject or object with an archetype.

Dictionary definition

ARCHETYPE, noun. Something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy