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archetype
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archetype /ar·che·type/ (ahr´kĕ-tīp) an ideal, original, or standard type or form.
ar·che·type (ärk-tp)
n.
1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned.
2. In Jungian psychology, an inherited pattern of thought or symbolic image that is derived from the past collective experience of humanity and is present in the unconscious of the individual. Also called imago.
arche·typal (-tpl), arche·typic (-tpk), arche·typi·cal adj.
arche·typi·cal·ly adv.
archetype
[är′kətīp′]
Etymology: Gk, arche + typos, type
1 an original model or pattern from which a thing or group of things is made or evolves.
2 (in analytic psychology) an inherited primordial idea or mode of thought derived from the experiences of the human race and present in the subconscious of the individual in the form of drives, moods, and concepts. See also anima. archetypal, archetypic, archetypical, adj.


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