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archetyped

archetyped is the simple past and past participle of archetype.

Meaning of archetype

Verb

archetype (third-person singular simple present archetypes, present participle archetyping, simple past and past participle archetyped)

  1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
    • The whole issue of generalizing and overgeneralizing is always an issue. I use the term "archetyping." I say, "No, I am not stereotyping; I am archetyping." Stereotypes tend to be accusatory. I want to move the discussion away from a discussion of right and wrong to right and left—this is the way...1992, ASNE: Proceedings of the 1992 Convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Easton, Pa.: American Society of Newspaper Editors, →OCLC, page 21

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Questions about archetyped

What is archetyped the simple past and past participle of?
Archetyped is the simple past and past participle of archetype.

Words near archetyped in the dictionary

  1. archetiers
  2. archets
  3. archetypal
  4. archetypally
  5. archetype
  6. archetyped
  7. archetypes
  8. archetypic
  9. archetypical
  10. archetypically
  11. archetyping

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