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archetype (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: archetypum, from Greek, from archein ( ARCH-) + typos 'type']
a perfect example of something, because it has all the most important qualities of things that belong to that type
archetype of
::France is the archetype of the centralized nation-state.
-- archetypal /7B:kI5taIpEl ?@ 7B:r-/ adj
::Byron was the archetypal Romantic hero.