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Archetype

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originalnoun(not comparable) Newly created.
pilotnounA person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

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originalnounAn object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived.
pilotnounA person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
epitomenounThe embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
modelnounA person who serves as a human template for artwork or fashion.
prototypenounAn original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
exemplarnounSomething fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.
paradigmnounA pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.
stereotypenounA conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
patternnounModel, example.
standardnounFalling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
idealnounOptimal; being the best possibility.
moldnounA hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
templatenounA generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
examplenounSomething that is representative of all such things in a group.
quintessencenounA thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
typificationnoun(countable, uncountable) The act of typifying.
blueprintnoun(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
precedentnounAn act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
formnoun(heading, physical) To do with shape.
iconnoun(graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.

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