Archetype and Invention

Archetype

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Invention noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.

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Archetype and invention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Invention".

old	old archetype	old invention
complete	complete archetype	complete invention
original	original archetype	original invention
likely	likely archetype	likely invention
Other adjectives: actual, real, new, major, traditional, different, western.

He also mistakes the "hopping vampire" archetype as a Japanese invention when it is in fact Chinese.

Source: Critical Research Failure
Archer Archetype: Bows are used by lots of warriors before the invention of gunpowder.

Source: Series / Deadliest Warrior
This page should not be confused with the subtypes of the Mentor Archetype, which can be found here.This is an edutainment children's show about Teen Genius, Oliver Cates, who creates his own invention called the Visicron.

Source: Series / Mentors

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