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How to pronounce archetype in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms original, pilot
Type of example, model
Derivation archetypal, archetypical

Examples of archetype

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It's the archetype of what Mr. Pickens wants the nation's truck fleet to become.
From the washingtontimes.com
Scrooge is the archetype of the character who starts out bad and turns out good.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The characters the actor played are the archetype of the kind of men Scott made.
From the latimes.com
Ramji Srinivasan, the CEO of Counsyl, is the archetype of what we will look for.
From the techcrunch.com
The Terminator and its sequels were the archetype of the man-vs.-machine clash.
From the time.com
She obeys the fairy tale archetype of the beautiful maiden who is really a witch.
From the theepochtimes.com
Back in the 1990s, Gazprom was the archetype of the unreformed Soviet enterprise.
From the nytimes.com
It is difficult to establish any archetype for failure from the past two years.
From the economist.com
Do you think this archetype is in control of themselves in their impulsiveness?
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
More examples
  • Original: something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies; "this painting is a copy of the original"
  • (archetypal) representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned; "archetypal patterns"; "she was the prototypal student activist"
  • An archetype is an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated; a symbol universally recognized by all. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior.
  • Archetype is the fifth studio album by Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory. It was released on April 19, 2004 through Liquid 8. This album is not a concept album like the previous three studio albums. ...
  • UML color standards are a set of four colors associated with Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams. The coloring system indicates which of several archetypes apply to the UML object. ...
  • Archetype is the debut album from Tonedeff.
  • An original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype; A character, story, or object that is based on a known character, story, or object; An ideal example of something; a quintessence; According to the ...
  • (archetypal) Of or pertaining to an archetype
  • (Archetypes) symbols of the information contained in the collective unconscious