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Meaning of 'archetype'
Meaning of 'archetype' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Archetype 
[ n.]
- The original pattern or model of a work; or the model
from which a thing is made or formed. [ n.]- The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.
- The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype.
Meaning of 'archetype' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. archetype [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
- something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
Example in sentence:
- this painting is a copy of the original
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