archetype

  • 1ARCHÉTYPE — On appelle archétype un modèle idéal, un type suprême ou un prototype: dans ce sens, les Idées chez Platon sont le modèle en même temps que le fondement des choses. Bien d’autres philosophes (Malebranche, Berkeley, mais aussi Locke et Condillac)… …

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  • 2Archetype — Ar che*type ([aum]r k[ e]*t[imac]p), 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. arch[ e]type. See {Arch }, pref.] 1. The original… …

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  • 3archetype — Archetype. s. m. Original, modele, patron. La beauté de Dieu est l archetype de toutes les beautez créées. Il est quelquefois adjectif, & on dit, Le monde archetype, pour dire, Le modele du monde visible …

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  • 4archétype — ARCHÉTYPE. s. m. Terme didactique. (Il se prononce Arkétype.) Original, patron, modèle, sur lequel on fait un ouvrage. Il n est guère d usage qu en cette phrase, L Archétype du monde, qui est, selon le langage des Philosophes, l idée de Dieu sur… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 5archetype — index example, exemplar, model, paradigm, pattern, precedent, prototype, sample, standard …

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  • 6archetype — (n.) original pattern from which copies are made, 1540s, from L. archetypum, from Gk. arkhetypon pattern, model, figure on a seal, neuter of adjective arkhetypos first moulded, from arkhe first (see ARCHON (Cf. archon)) + typos model, type, blow …

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  • 7archetype — [n] typical example classic exemplar, form, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, perfect specimen, prime example, prototype, standard; concepts 636,686 Ant. atypical …

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  • 8archetype — ► NOUN 1) a very typical example. 2) an original model. 3) a recurrent motif in literature or art. DERIVATIVES archetypal adjective archetypical adjective. ORIGIN Greek arkhetupon, from arkhe primitive + tupos a model …

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  • 9archetype — [är′kə tīp΄] n. [L archetypus < Gr archetypon < archos (see ARCH ) + typos (see TYPE)] 1. the original pattern, or model, from which all other things of the same kind are made; prototype 2. a perfect example of a type or group 3. in Jungian …

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  • 10Archetype — An archetype (pronounced: /IPA|ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit.) or /IPA|ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer.)) is an original model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of …

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