ARCHETYPES

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A(1) R(1) C(3) H(4) E(1) T(1) Y(4) P(3) E(1) S(1)
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Definition

noun
  1. An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
  2. An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
  3. A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
  4. 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.
  5. (textual criticism) A protograph.
verb
  1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.

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