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Ectype
noun
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Noun
- 1 An impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.
"Peireskius sent the Ectype of a Medal to Sir Robert Cotton, in which Britannia was with both a double and single N."
- 2 An object in relievo or embossed.
- 3 A copy, reproduction; especially as contrasted with the original, archetype, or prototype.
"If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ectypes."
- 4 An idea or impression that corresponds to external reality.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “worked in relief”), from ἐκ- (ek-) + τύπος (túpos).
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