archetype

== English == === Etymology === From 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”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹkɪtaɪp/ Hyphenation: ar‧che‧type === Noun === archetype (plural archetypes) An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.] An ideal example of something; a quintessence. (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story. (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity. (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”). ==== Usage notes ==== Traditionally, archetype refers to the model upon which something is based, but it has also come to mean an example of a personality archetype, particularly a fictional character in a story based on a well-established personality model. In this fashion, a character based on the Jesus archetype might be referred to as a "Jesus archetype". See eponym for a similar usage conflict. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:model ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === archetype (third-person singular simple present archetypes, present participle archetyping, simple past and past participle archetyped) To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === archetype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin archetypum (“original”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον (arkhétupon, “model, pattern”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === archetype n (plural archetypen or archetypes, diminutive archetypetje n) archetype ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Adjective === archetype vocative masculine singular of archetypus