Archetype and Imitation

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Archetype

Archetype noun - Something from which copies are made.
Usage example: Beowulf is considered by some scholars to be the archetype for medieval British heroic tales
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Imitation is an antonym for archetype.
Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Imitation

Imitation noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: challenged me to tell the real roses from the silk imitations
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Archetype is an antonym for imitation.
Nearby Words: imitate, imitated, imitative, imitator, imitating
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How words are described

old old archetype old imitation
good good archetype good imitation
complete complete archetype complete imitation
true true archetype true imitation
Other adjectives: real, weak, bad, innocent, general, giant, stereotypical.

Both words in one sentence

  • As icing on the Shadow Archetype-cake, he's also performed extensive facial surgery on himself to look like Bruce Wayne, a grisly imitation of Bruce's Master of Disguise traits, plus the fact that his 'Bruce Wayne' persona is ultimately a false one.
    Source: Analysis / Batman
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