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

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Dhammapada