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• Archetype - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  An archetype (pronounced: / ˈarkətaɪp /) is a generic, idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated.

• archetype definition |Dictionary.com

  noun . 1. the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.

• archetype: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com

  archetype ( ) n. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype: “‘Frankenstein’