Archetype is an English word with synonyms like original or pilot. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Archetype meaning
- An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
- A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
Using Archetype
- The main meaning on this page is: An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned. | An ideal example of something; a quintessence. | A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- Useful related words include: original, pilot, model, example.
- In the example corpus, archetype often appears in combinations such as: archetype of, the archetype, an archetype.
Context around Archetype
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Archetype
- In this selection, "archetype" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mother, control, card, process, revolving and wealth stand out and add context to how "archetype" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cuter archetype in aquatic and also an archetype a slightly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "archetype" sits close to words such as acadia, ae and aes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with archetype
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cancer natives carry the “Mother” archetype of the Zodiac— undeniably protective and innately nurturing. (14 words)
It fills a lot of roles as a weapon without falling into one clear archetype. (15 words)
Finally, Archetype Wealth Partners increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.7% during the first quarter. (19 words)
More and more, anime fans are calling out the anime industry for its most harmful or regressive elements, from token shonen girls to excessive fan service and trivializing violence as comedy, and the tsundere archetype is in the middle of all that. (42 words)
From Cliché to Archetype, p. 99. McLuhan relates the cliché-to-archetype process to the Theater of the Absurd : Pascal, in the seventeenth century, tells us that the heart has many reasons of which the head knows nothing. (38 words)
High reload times coupled with a punishing damage falloff at range have hampered the archetype through much of 's run, and players were optimistic with the mid-season patches damage buff that hand cannons would mount a comeback. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Saruman the White will amass Orcs 2 whenever its controller casts their second spell, which fits the blue-black amass control archetype and to a lesser extent, the white-blue "draw a second card" archetype.
A group of memories and interpretations associated with an archetype is a complex ( e.g. a mother complex associated with the mother archetype).
From Cliché to Archetype, p. 99. McLuhan relates the cliché-to-archetype process to the Theater of the Absurd : Pascal, in the seventeenth century, tells us that the heart has many reasons of which the head knows nothing.
Cancer natives carry the “Mother” archetype of the Zodiac— undeniably protective and innately nurturing.
February saw the addition of the "Spright" archetype, revolving around Level 2 Monsters and quickly becoming one of the game's strongest decks.
Finally, Archetype Wealth Partners increased its stake in shares of Amazon.com by 3.7% during the first quarter.
Generally a cuter archetype in aquatic monsters can vary between the anthropomorphic but cartoonish Briny Bronco and experimental animal fusions such as the Puffpoise.
He is the central figure of our story, and although he is not real, he embodies the hero’s journey archetype.
High reload times coupled with a punishing damage falloff at range have hampered the archetype through much of 's run, and players were optimistic with the mid-season patches damage buff that hand cannons would mount a comeback.
His strengths and weaknesses are fairly established at this point but he’s also an archetype — a slightly undersized scoring guard — who can generate some buzz for himself with a run of elite shot-making during the tournament.
His text is of the discard archetype, enabling him to remove the lowest-Power cards from both players’ hands on reveal.
Impossibly glamorous and brimming with characterknown for their tabloid notoriety and outrageous interviews as much as their looks – they set an archetype that suggested models could be compelling salespeople.
It fills a lot of roles as a weapon without falling into one clear archetype.
Juice will monitor Jupiter’s complex magnetic, radiation, and environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe.
Loving, selfless, nurturing and willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of her family, Molly is the living archetype of a mother.
More and more, anime fans are calling out the anime industry for its most harmful or regressive elements, from token shonen girls to excessive fan service and trivializing violence as comedy, and the tsundere archetype is in the middle of all that.
Now, Kang is attempting to shape the Avengers into his own version of this team, with Iron Man cast in the same archetype as the Twilight Court's Bedivere.
On a broader level, the Colonial Marines likely wouldn't exist without Heinlein's Mobile Infantry, who with their power armor and bug-hunting prowess, wrote the book on the space marine archetype.
Our complicated and immensely flawed "hero" taking charge of the defense of King's Landing isn't merely to fulfill the stock fantasy archetype but is meant as a culmination of his emotional journey throughout the season.
Penned by Daily Beast contributor Fredrik deBoer, the piece claims the archetype is ruining releases such as The Marvels or Velma from the animated series by the same name.
Common combinations with archetype
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- archetype of 30×
- the archetype 25×
- an archetype 16×
- archetype is 11×
- this archetype 7×
- archetype in 5×
- archetype for 5×
- archetype and 4×
- archetype that 4×
- archetype the 4×