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archetype

[ahr-ki-tahyp] / ˈɑr kɪˌtaɪp /


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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

When it was time for my solo outing, I chose an archetype much closer to my heart: the cozy crime solver.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

Yes, the angry Angeleno archetype is a real phenomenon that flares up in local elections to smack back at the powers that be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

But for anyone who's more familiar with the strict-foreign-parent archetype in popular culture, let's break down the stereotypes associated with Persian moms and dads.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

If the box office is a fair, measurable indicator of how the public feels about these superhero archetypes, guess what?

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The sessions went so well that Morali asked Willis to front the group, which adopted campy archetypes of masculinity — cop, cowboy and construction worker among them — in their stage costumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

In his telling, two distinct social archetypes rooted in the era of England’s 17th-century civil war—the Cavalier and the Puritan—were symbolized by the ships of his title, the White Lion and the Mayflower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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

These Ideas, then, as a whole express themselves in innumerable individuals and particulars, and are related to these as archetypes to their copies.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer


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