English Dictionary

urtext

noun

A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.

The urtext of the ancient manuscript was discovered in a hidden chamber.

意味（1）

A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.

Nearly coinciding with the publication of Thomas’s work was what, in many ways, stands as the ur-text of Turkish denialist “scholarship”: Esat Uras’s Tarihte Ermeniler ve Ermeni Meselesi. Uras, born Ahmed Essad, was an important figure in the CUP administration and was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the Armenian Genocide as a high official in the “directorate for public security.”

意味（2）

(music, linguistics, anthropology) The original version of a piece of music or text, as created by the composer or writer.