Prototype and Reduplication

Prototype

Prototype noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

Reduplication is an antonym for prototype.

Reduplication

Reduplication noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago
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Synonyms for Reduplication

Prototype is an antonym for reduplication.

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