original model, original pattern
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Archetype Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
[L:97] A guide to the use of the understanding. The archetype is "the idea of the universe", and is not a constitutive principle of the empirical use of the understanding, but a regulative principle required "for the sake of the all-pervasive coherence" of the use of our understanding. (A question: is the archertpe supplied by erason?)
Archetype Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
(n.)
The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.
The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.
(n.)
The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
archetype
\ar"che*type\ (?r"k&esl;*tīp), n. [l. archetypum, gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first and as model; 'arche = 'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure, pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. f. archétype. see arch-, pref.]
1. the original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed. the house of commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet. types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world.
2. (coinage) the standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
3. (biol.) the plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.
A prototype.
Noun
1. an original model on which something is patterned
(synonym) original, pilot
(hypernym) model, example
Archetype Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
An archetype is a universally understood symbol, term, or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated. Archetypes are often used in myths and storytelling across different cultures.
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Archetype Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Symbolic images visualized in dreams, meditation, and divination. Is used in pathworking to communicate with the subconscious.
Symbolic imagery seen in visions, dreams, meditation, and mind quests. Used to interpret the meaning of the vision thereby betting understanding and communicating with the subconscious.
