Ectype

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    An object in relievo or embossed.
  3. 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. 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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