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Antitype

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.

    "Types are generally worked out in Old Testament times through ancient Israel, and have their antitype fulfillment in New Testament times through Christ and His Church."

  2. 2
    an opposite or contrasting type wordnet
  3. 3
    A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.

    "The figures of the confidence man and the painted woman were offered as antitypes of proper conduct in mid-nineteenth-century America."

  4. 4
    a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίτυπος (antítupos).

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