Definition of Archetypes

1. Noun. (plural of archetype) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of archetype) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archetypes

1. archetype [n] - See also: archetype

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archetypes

archers
archership
archerships
archery
arches
arches of the foot
archespore
archesporia
archesporial
archesporium
archest
archetypal
archetypally
archetype
archetyped
archetypes (current term)
archetypical
archetypically
archetyping
archeus
archfiend
archfiends
archfoe
archfoes
archform
archi-
archiannelid
archiannelida
archiannelids
archiater

Literary usage of Archetypes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First Added, I. An by John Locke (1828)
"Of Real and Fantastical Ideas. are conform- mentioned concerning ideas, other consi- able to their derations belong to them, in reference to archetypes. ..."

2. The Works of John Locke by John Locke (1823)
"... I mean such as have a foundation in nature; such as have a conformity with the real being and existence of things, or with their archetypes. ..."

3. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1817)
"... Sceptre of ike Priests and Kings of Egypt—Hieroglyphic Tablet—Enumeration of the archetypes—Curious Torso of an antient Statue —Triple ..."

4. The evidences of the genuineness of the Gospels by Andrews Norton (1847)
"... which should serve as archetypes for all subsequent transcribers, and the text of which should alone be considered as the authorized text. ..."

5. Annals of Parisian Typography: Containing an Account of the Earliest by William Parr Greswell (1818)
"Thus our author, who wrote in poetic numbers: " RESPICIT archetypes auri vestigia lustrans, " Et secum tacitus talia verba refert: " Quam belle pandit ..."

6. The World's New Fissures: Identities in Crisis by Vincent Cable (1994)
"archetypes In practice, left-right politics and the politics of identity coexist and interact. Political ideas and movements are best understood in terms of ..."

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