ectypal

English

Etymology

From ectype +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈtaɪpəl/

Adjective

ectypal

  1. Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original.
  2. (philosophy) Corresponding to external reality.
    • 1713, George Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous:
      What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
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