archetype
[noun]
Synonyms:
- standard, model, paradigm, pattern, prime example
- original, prototype

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ar‧che‧type /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable usually singular]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: archetypum, from Greek, from archein ( ⇒ arch-) + typos 'type']
a perfect example of something, because it has all the most important qualities of things that belong to that type
archetype of
France is the archetype of the centralized nation-state.
—archetypal /ˌɑːkɪˈtaɪpəl◂ $ ˌɑːr-/ adjective:
Byron was the archetypal Romantic hero.

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