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archetype

ar.che.type \'a:r-ki-.ti-p\ n [L archetypum, fr. Gk archetypon, fr. neut. 
   of archetypos arc]hetypal, fr. archein + typos type 1: the original pattern 
   or model of which all things of the same type are r epresentations or 
   copies : PROTOTYPE 2: a Platonic idea