archetype
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetypeTo depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
» My characters all have something of the hero archetype about them, in that they are largely stripped of context.
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1 sensesTo depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
Examples
4 sentencesMy characters all have something of the hero archetype about them, in that they are largely stripped of context.
The clarity of the tax code was good enough to become the archetype of perspicuous writing in the lawyer's cohort.
Mr. Jackson fits the archetype of a wizard.
Jordan Peterson is an expert on Jungian archetypes and other bullshit with no relation to anybody's lives.
Origin
From Old French architipe (modern French archétype), from Latin archetypum (“original”), fFrom Old French architipe (modern French archétype), from Latin archetypum (“original”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον (arkhétupon, “model, pattern”), the neuter form of ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos, “first-moulded”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”) (from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to lead, rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin; to command, rule”)) + τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)).
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Forms
archetypes, archetyping, archetyped, archetyped| Base form | archetype · to archetype |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | archetypes |
| Present participle | archetyping |
| Past simple | archetyped |
| Past participle | archetyped |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle