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English

Etymology

From Old French architipe (modern French archétype), from Latin archetypum (“original”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (arkhétupon, “model, pattern”), the neuter form of ????????? (arkhétupos, “first-moulded”), from ???? (arkh?, “beginning, origin”) (from ???? (árkh?, “to begin; to lead, rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erg?- (“to begin; to command, rule”)) + ?????? (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from ????? (túpt?, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k?ta?p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k?ta?p/
• Hyphenation: ar?che?type

Noun

archetype (plural archetypes)

1. An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]
2. An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
3. (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
4. (psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
5. (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).

Usage notes

Traditionally, archetype refers to the model upon which something is based, but it has also come to mean an example of a personality archetype, particularly a fictional character in a story based on a well-established personality model. In this fashion, a character based on the Jesus archetype might be referred to as a "Jesus archetype". See eponym for a similar usage conflict.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:model

Derived terms

• archetypal
• archetypally
• archetypical
• archetypically

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Verb

archetype (third-person singular simple present archetypes, present participle archetyping, simple past and past participle archetyped)

1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.

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Further reading

• archetype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Adjective

archetype

1. vocative masculine singular of archetypus

English

Alternative forms

• mirrour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor, from mirer (“look at”), from Latin m?ror (“wonder at”), from m?rus (“wonderful”), from *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Old English s??awere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy."

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mi?.?/, /?m??.?/, /?m??/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?m?.??/
• Rhymes: -???(?), -??(?), -????(?)
• Homophone: mere (some accents)

Noun

mirror (plural mirrors)

1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

   I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.

   We could see the lorry in the mirror, so decided to change lanes.

2. (figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.

   His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene

     O goddess, heavenly bright, / Mirror of grace and majesty divine.

3. (computing, Internet) A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.

   Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.

4. A mirror carp.
5. (historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.

Synonyms

• (reflecting surface): glass (old-fashioned), looking glass (old-fashioned)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)

1. (transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to, to be a copy of.

   He tried to mirror Elvis's life. He copied his fashion and his mannerisms, and he even went to live in Graceland.

2. (computing, transitive) To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
3. (transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.

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See also

• cheval glass
• looking glass