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| hy-po-ty-po'-sis | from Gk. hypotypoein, "to
sketch" (typos = "impression, form") Also sp. hypotiposis demonstratio, evidentia, adumbratio, representatio the counterfait representation, word-picture |
Synonym for enargia. Lively
description of an action, event, person, condition, passion, etc. used
for creating the illusion of reality.
Related Figures
Sources:
Quintilian 9.2.40-44; Peacham
(1577) O2r; Putt. (1589) 245 ("hypotiposis," "the counterfait representation");
Day 1599 97
