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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An archetype. Cartwright.
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Examples
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They are thinking of your generic “welfare mother” and “illegal immigrant” archtype character.
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Other than Wieselter being the sort of guy that when he has an urge for a midnight snack, makes sure he scans his refrigerator for anti-semitism before he closes it, he, in his own weird way is almost an archtype of a sort, if one has been reading him for a while, which I have been on and off for years.
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I enjoyed stomping both of them, and many characters like them in RPGs, as they are a common villain archtype, it seems.
The Kills SVGL 2009
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I like this idea about subverting the core archtype while staying true to it.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Supernatural characters in fantasy 2009
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He is the literary archtype of every mad scientist who dares the unthinkable.
MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror? 2008
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To portray the membership of the NRA in toto based upon the support of one member, Tom Delay, is like recognizing Dr. Jack Kevorkian as the archtype for all medical doctors.
EPA Lets Miners Dump In Waterways Dave Hurteau 2008
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It's tempting to go with the Invisible Woman if only because she * is* a mother and could easily stand in for the Mother archtype.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
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My response was that there is a difference on substance, openness and honesty, and I used a comparison to Hillary Clinton, who is the archtype typical politician, to back up my point.
Obama: It's Me Against The D.C. Foreign Policy Establishment 2009
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Jackson was so much larger than life -- an American icon and some sort of archtype.
OpEdNews - Diary: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett RIP open thread... possible cause of death. 2009
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Republican Jay Hammond was a pretty liberal Republican of the WW II generation, flew Corsairs in the Pacific, and homesteaded in Alaska off his GI benefits - the archtype Alaska story of those times.
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