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Definition of Ectype
1. n. A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence:
Definition of Ectype
1. Noun. (philosophy) A copy; ''usually contrasted with the original, or archetype.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ectype
1. a copy [n -S] : ECTYPAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Ectype
1. Extreme somatotype, such as ectomorph (longitype) or endomorph (brachytype). Origin: G. Ek, out, + typos, stamp, model (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectype
Literary usage of Ectype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume (1890)
"This distinction rests upon that between ' "'J'pa' the thing as archetype, and
the idea as the corresponding mere sen- ectype. Simple ideas he holds to be ..."
2. Works of Thomas Hill Green by Thomas Hill Green (1894)
"This distinction rests upon that between '"'yp*' the thing as archetype, and the
idea as the corresponding mere sen- ectype. Simple ideas he holds to be ..."
3. Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology: Its Principles by Abraham Kuyper (1898)
"Everything, therefore, from without that mingles itself with the ectype and does
not come to it from the archetype, is contraband and must be excluded. ..."
4. What is Thought?: Or, The Problem of Philosophy by Way of a General by James Hutchison Stirling (1900)
"To will Spirit an ectype, a copy of the Idea, may seem out of all harmony with
Idea in its widest sense ; and even as called an actualisation of the Idea, ..."
5. Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Improvements of the Latest by Abel Boyer (1849)
"... ectype, imprint (ofa medal, etc.) Ecu, I-kb am crown or crown piece; shield
or budder; escutcheon or coat of arms. U's homme qui a beaucoup d'c/cus, ..."
6. Pan-gnosticism: A Suggestion in Philosophy by Noel Winter (1895)
"It takes, in fact, in this ectype, a shape in which it presents the power of
origination and construction which eventuates in ..."
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