Archetype vs False - What's the difference?
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An original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated; a prototype
(literature) A character, story, or object that is based on a known character, story, or object.
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
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(psychology) According to the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
To depict as, model using or otherwise associate a subject or object with an archetype.
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between archetype and false
is that archetype is archetypal while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun archetype
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Usage notes
Traditionally archetype'' refers to the model upon which something is based, but it has also come to mean an example of a personality archetype, particularly a fictional character in a story based on a well-established personality model. In this fashion, a character ''based'' on the Jesus archetype might be referred to as a "Jesus archetype". See ''eponym for a similar usage conflict.Synonyms
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Adjective
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