Archetype and Opposite

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Opposite noun - Something that is as different as possible from something else.

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Archetype and opposite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Opposite".

Nearby Words: opposition, opposed, oppositely

good	good archetype	good opposite
female	female archetype	female opposite
physical	physical archetype	physical opposite
similar	similar archetype	similar opposite
Other adjectives: perfect, complete, true, real, new, heroic, basic, literal, western.

Evil Counterpart / Identical Stranger / Sue Donym: Inverted and played for drama when Qwerty encounters an archetype who resembled his unlikable master with a suspiciously similar-sounding name, but is otherwise the polar opposite in personality.

Source: Web Original / The Book of Stories OCT
Yamame is a spider youkai (tsuchigumo)... and is pretty much the opposite of the spider archetype.

Source: Animal Stereotypes
That's right, he plays opposite the North American archetype of the Large Ham and out-hams him!

Source: Chewing the Scenery

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