Definition of ARCHITYPE

1. a perfect or typical specimen

2. an original model or pattern; prototype

An archetype (pronounced /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/) is an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated; a symbol universally recognized by all. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior.

An archetype (pronounced: // (Brit.) or // (Amer.)) is an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype after which others are copied ...
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Term whose earlier meaning, "original model," or "prototype," has been enlarged by C. G. Jung and by several contemporary literary critics.

'Archetype' defies simple definition. The word derives from a Greek compound of arche and tupos. Archeor 'first principle' points to the creative source, which cannot be represented or seen directly. Tupos, or 'impression', refers to any one of the numerous manifestations of the 'first principle' (Joseph Henderson, from ARAS Vol.1: Archetypal Symbolism p.viii). http://aras.org/whatarearchetypes.aspx