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

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.