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arketipo

Pronunciation: /arkeˈtipo/

“arketipo” is an Esperanto word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. archetype, model; praiseworthy example to be copied.
  2. paradigm, template; character, object, or story based on a known character, object, or story.
  3. universal pattern of thought, according to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχέτυπον (arkhétupon, “something moulded first as a model”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “primitive”) + τύπος (túpos, “a model”).

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