Archetype and Derivative

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

Usage example: the abacus is sometimes cited as the archetype of the modern digital calculator

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Derivative is an antonym for archetype.

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Derivative noun - Something that naturally develops or is developed from something else.

Usage example: the whole field of industrial robots is a derivative of technology developed for the space program

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Archetype is an antonym for derivative.

Nearby Words: derive, derivation, derived, derivable, derivatively

common	common archetype	common derivative
specific	specific archetype	specific derivative
standard	standard archetype	standard derivative
popular	popular archetype	popular derivative
Other adjectives: little, feminine, new.

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