Archetype and Reality

Archetype

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Reality noun - Something that actually exists.

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Archetype and reality are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Reality".

Nearby Words: realize, real, realise, realistic, realization

old	old archetype	old reality
physical	physical archetype	physical reality
similar	similar archetype	similar reality
common	common archetype	common reality
Other adjectives: original, true, single, actual, entire, real, little, bad, main, new, different, local.

The video goes one further by presenting the band as the all-American archetype of The Beach Boys, who make America seem like a friendly place despite the reality being much more complicated.

Source: Music / Rammstein
Tara from Sex House is a parody of this archetype as frequently found in Reality TV.

Source: The Ditz
The Chosen One/Messianic Archetype: Paul as the Kwisatz Haderach The series as a whole shows just how disastrous these tropes would be in reality.

Source: Literature / Dune

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