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archetype: 1. an original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype 2. a character, story, or object that is based on a known character, story, or object. 3. an ideal example of something; a quintessence. 4. according to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity. argh: what a pirate says to express annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration. ARGHchetypes!: what a pirate says to express annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration about archetypes.
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