archetype
Example Sentences
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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.
Were you thinking in terms of archetypes when casting?
From Los Angeles Times
To evaluate a dog’s alterations, said Packer, consider how much it deviates from the original archetype: the wolf.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
