Archetype and Fact

Archetype

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Fact noun - The quality of being actual.

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Archetype and fact are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Fact".

Nearby Words: factor, factual, factually

old	old archetype	old fact
good	good archetype	good fact
physical	physical archetype	physical fact
particular	particular archetype	particular fact
Other adjectives: similar, common, certain, true, single, popular, actual, real, cool, little, tragic, main, new, well-known, basic, different.

More subtly, though, is the fact that Charles, in spite of being the Hugh Grant character archetype of a socially awkward middle-aged man, has had nine sexual partners.

Source: Everybody Has Lots of Sex
The name Voice with an Internet Connection is taken from the fact that these are the archetype's only defining traits, and in many cases, the character's only role.

Source: Voice with an Internet Connection
Pralaya knows that he's the villain, makes no attempt to justify his actions outside of the fact that it's expected of his archetype.

Source: Literature / Imaginalis

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