Archetype and Symbol

Archetype

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

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

Nearby Words: archetypal, archetypical

Symbol noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.

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Archetype and symbol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Archetype" instead a noun "Symbol".

old	old archetype	old symbol
good	good archetype	good symbol
female	female archetype	female symbol
particular	particular archetype	particular symbol
Other adjectives: similar, common, certain, standard, original, popular, strong, male, wicked, main, ultimate, new, major, traditional, mysterious, different, recurring, giant, generic.

Traveller: In the Sword Worlds the "Hearthfire" is a sacred Archetype and a symbol of security and domesticity.

Source: Feminine Women Can Cook
He becomes their Messianic Archetype when the Inrithi lords attempt to execute him by "circumfixion," but he survives, and his image on the "circumfix" (a circle instead of a cross) becomes the symbol of his movement.

Source: Crystal Dragon Jesus
The idea that a "fictional" character can be brought or "willed" into existence, or at least as a symbol in the sense of an archetype existing within the collective unconscious (see the many references to Jung in this article).

Source: Daydream Believer

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