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yardstick
English
Etymology
yard +? stick
Noun
yardstick (plural yardsticks)
- A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.
- (figuratively) A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.
- Synonyms: norm, point of reference, benchmark, ideal
- 2008 April 8, Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt, “Attacks in Baghdad spiked in March, U.S. data show”, in International Herald Tribune, 2008 April 8 edition, “Africa & Middle East” section,
- Attacks against civilians in the capital remained relatively unchanged: 69 in March from 62 in February. ¶ However, another yardstick, the number of civilian deaths tracked by the Iraqi government, shot up last month after several months of decline.
Derived terms
- Portsmouth yardstick
Translations
Further reading
- yardstick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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archetype
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)
- 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.]
- An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
- (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
- (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.
- (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
Translations
Verb
archetype (third-person singular simple present archetypes, present participle archetyping, simple past and past participle archetyped)
- To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
Translations
Further reading
- archetype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Adjective
archetype
- vocative masculine singular of archetypus
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