Archetype and Belief

Archetype

Archetype noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.

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Belief and archetype are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Belief" instead a noun "Archetype".

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Belief noun - Mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon.

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Archetype and belief are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Belief".

Nearby Words: believing, believer

old	old archetype	old belief
particular	particular archetype	particular belief
common	common archetype	common belief
complete	complete archetype	complete belief
Other adjectives: original, naive, popular, strong, actual, real, bad, tragic, new, general.

Because Discworld gods are powered by belief, all this has turned the Duchess into a quasi-deity and makes Wazzer into a Joan Of Archetype and who hears the Duchess' voice guiding her.

Source: The Only Believer
Part of the arc for Stannis Baratheon is his and Mellisandre's belief that he is the "Prince That Was Promised", someone who is the world's Messiah Archetype sent by the Lord of Light to restore order to the world and become a king.

Source: Prophecy Twist
The villains: Fittingly for a Satanic Archetype, Vaatu's flaw is his Pride — more specifically, his belief that mere humans could never pose a threat to a supremely powerful spirit such as himself.

Source: Fatal Flaw

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