Archetype and Law

Archetype

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Law noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.

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Archetype and law are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Law".

Nearby Words: lawful, lawless, laws, lawfulness, lawfully

old	old archetype	old law
good	good archetype	good law
physical	physical archetype	physical law
similar	similar archetype	similar law
Other adjectives: common, specific, original, single, actual, real, little, main, private, traditional, general, basic, local, existing.

Black Lagoon encompasses just about all four types of "people outside the law" and even introduces characters that seem to fit in a criminal archetype all their own.

Source: Criminal Procedural
Poe's Law: "Song 2" was written as a satire of grunge, but ended up being an archetype of the genre.

Source: Music / blur
Though she is also a Satanic Archetype, her power is great enough to qualify her for this trope (given that she manages to "break" the Law of the Cycles and separate Madoka's mortal self from it).

Source: The Anti-God

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