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
Reproduction is an antonym for archetype.
Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical
Reproduction
Reproduction noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: walked through a reproduction of the interior of the Parthenon as it must have looked when it was first built
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Archetype is an antonym for reproduction.
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