archetype
Example Sentences
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"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.
Somehow we keep coming back to the other revolutions, especially the second—the rise of the rails—as our archetypes.
It’s an assembly of archetypes going through the motions, snow falling and lights twinkling all the while.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.