archetypes Meaning & Definition
What Does Archetypes Mean?
Archetypes is used as a noun meaning plural of archetype. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of archetype. As a verb, it means To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
Archetypes Definition (Noun)
- plural of archetype
Archetypes as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of archetype
Noun
- An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
- A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- 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.
- (textual criticism) A protograph.
Verb
- To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
Synonyms of Archetypes
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