Archetype and Mold

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Mold

Mold noun - The loose surface material in which plants naturally grow.

Archetype and mold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Mold".

Nearby Words: moldy, molded, molding

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Digimon Universe Applimonsters The creators have stated that this was intentional, as they wanted to break out of the mold set by many of the previous protagonists, which they felt were based on the same archetype as Taichi being more like Takato.
  • The Space Western esthetics also translate to this a bit: Adair, Martin and O'Neill fit under the "city slicker" archetype (with Adair even having her own household servant/tutor in Yale), while Danzinger, Solace, and Martin's wife come from a more working class or "frontier pioneer" mold.
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