the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.

(in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.

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atypical

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classic exemplar , form , ideal , model , original , paradigm , pattern , perfect specimen , prime example , prototype , standard , father , master , protoplast , example , exemplar , idea