archetype
Example Sentences
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At the Munich Security Conference this month, Rubio stated that the “entire romance of the cowboy archetype that became synonymous with the American West” was “born in Spain.”
From Los Angeles Times
Our horses, our ranches, our rodeos—the entire romance of the cowboy archetype . . . these were born in Spain.”
"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
On a surface level, I think Brontë created an archetype that has lived on — the brooding, possessive self-made man type.
From Los Angeles Times
The visuals, the action and the character archetypes were enough to figure things out and enjoy what you saw.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
