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Ectypal

Ectypal \Ec"ty*pal\, a. [L. ectypus worked in high relief, Gr. ?; out + ? stamp, figure. See Type.] Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

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ectypal

a. Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original. Has a specialised sense when used by the philosopher Wikipedia:George Berkeley.

Usage examples of "ectypal".

In all instances which we have ever seen, ideas are copied from real objects, and are ectypal, not archetypal, to express myself in learned terms: You reverse this order, and give thought the precedence.