archetype

The scary mommy has been an archetype in storytelling for as long as stories have existed.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

But it also plays into an archetype we love to hate — the femme fatale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Juice will monitor Jupiter's complex magnetic, radiation and plasma environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

With unruly hair, round glasses, an affable demeanor and a taste for V-neck sweaters, Amodei is worlds away from the corporate executive archetype -- and seems to be motivated by something his peers are not.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

It was as if instead of entering a house she was entering the idea of a house, some archetype brought to life here before her.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

That was a way of getting a bit of Christie in because she does so well showing you what’s beneath the facade of all these archetypes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“And it’s just interesting to me that those archetypes are so rarely women and candidates of color.”

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

"Despite both athletes sharing similar racial backgrounds and first-generation immigrant experiences," Prof He says, "they have been cast as opposing archetypes in a narrative they didn't write".

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

The script, written by Bertie Brandes and Aidan Zamiri, who also directs, draws heavily on archetypes in a plot that sticks closely to the familiar artist-against-the-machine formula.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Verily the poet is the maker of archetypes and reveals in his shapes all that his people are to become.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider