Archetype
Archetype noun - Something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed.
Scale and archetype are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a noun "Archetype".
Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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On a smaller scale, there's a direct reference to this archetype in the latest Space Wolves codex: Lukas the Trickster, a low-ranking Space Marine who replaced one of his hearts with a stasis bomb that goes off on his death.
Source: The Trickster -
This template is appropriately called The Archetype in GURPS Supers and is the only sample template that is built on the D-scale (able to destroy a modern tank).
Source: Flying Brick - This can be attributed to the title's uncharacteristically (for Final Fantasy) heavy emphasis on the "cynical" end of the scale' — The Hero Ramza would be Messianic Archetype if he could, but in Ivalice, it just doesn't work that way.
Source: Ineffectual Loner
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Scale and Archetype. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/archetype/scale
Archetype & Scale. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/archetype/scale>.
Scale or Archetype. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/archetype/scale.
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