Meaning of ARCHETYPE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârki`tIp
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| | Definition: | | [n] an original model on which something is patterned |
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| | Synonyms: | | original, pilot |
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| | See Also: | | example, model | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar"che*type\ ([aum]r"k[-e]*t[imac]p), n. [L.
archetypum, Gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first
and as model; 'arche = 'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure,
pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. F. arch['e]type. See
{Arch-}, pref.]
1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from
which a thing is made or formed.
The House of Commons, the archetype of all the
representative assemblies which now meet.
--Macaulay.
Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that
was to come into the world. --South.
2. (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others are
adjusted.
3. (Biol.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a
natural group of animals or plants or their systems of
organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the
vertebrate archetype.
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| | Definition: | | the divine plan or blueprint for a species or higher taxonomic category. |
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| | Related Terms: | | aesthetic form, antetype, antitype, archetypal pattern, art form, beau ideal, biotype, blind impulse, build, cast, classic, classic example, collective unconscious, complex idea, configuration, conformation, criterion, cut, engram, epitome, eternal object, eternal universal, example, exemplar, fashion, father image, figuration, figure, form, formal cause, format, formation, frame, fugleman, fugler, Geistesgeschichte, genotype, genre, Hegelian idea, highest category, history of ideas, id, ideal, idealism, ideate, ideatum, idee-force, image, imago, imitatee, impression, impulse, inborn proclivity, innate idea, inner form, innovation, instinct, Kantian idea, layout, lead, libido, make, makeup, masterpiece, masterwork, matrix, memory, memory trace, mirror, modality, mode, model, mold, natural instinct, natural tendency, new departure, noosphere, noumenon, original, paradigm, paragon, pattern, pattern of perfection, percept, pilot model, Platonic form, Platonic idea, precedent, primitive self, prototype, quintessence, regulative first principle, representative, rule, set, shape, significant form, simple idea, stamp, standard, structure, style, subconscious urge, subsistent form, the Absolute, the Absolute Idea, the realized ideal, the Self-determined, transcendent idea, transcendent nonempirical concept, transcendent universal, traumatic trace, turn, type, type species, type specimen, unconscious memory, universal, universal concept, universal essence, unlearned capacity, unreasoning impulse, urtext, very model, vital impulse |
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