Archetype (disambiguation)

Archetype can mean:

• An original model or prototype of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are developed.
• Archetype, traditionally defined in the field of psychology as the idealized model of a person or personality
• Stock character, standard character types seen in fiction and literature
• Archetype (information science), a formal re-usable model of a domain concept
• Archetype (album), an album by Fear Factory
• Becoming the Archetype, a Christian metalcore band