Definition of Archetype

an ideal example that people often attempt to duplicate
  1. The film that won the best picture award should be considered the archetype of all future movies.
  2. When vampire books became popular, many authors tried to imitate the archetype of the most successful novel.
  3. Our country’s founding fathers looked at the archetype of prosperous
    countries in order to create our own nation.
  4. Although the movie producers tried to duplicate the archetype of their last blockbuster, their new film bombed at the box office.
  5. The teacher who won educator of the year is a role model for other teachers and is viewed as the archetype of educators.
  6. While the actor faced many legal battles off set, on television he was everyone’s favorite dad and an archetype for fathers everywhere.
  7. The teacher’s presentation served as an archetype of what she hoped the students’ presentation would resemble.
  8. According to the popular magazine, the year’s most handsome man is the archetype of the perfect male.
  9. The painting instructor displayed her finished portrait as an archetype to show her pupils what they would accomplish by the end of class.
  10. As I read the short story, I could tell it was a reworking of the literary archetype about a mad scientist bringing a monster to life.