antitype

[ an-ti-tahyp ]

noun

1. something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.

antitype

/ ˌæntɪˈtɪpɪk; ˈæntɪˌtaɪp /

noun

1. a person or thing that is foreshadowed or represented by a type or symbol, esp a character or event in the New Testament prefigured in the Old Testament
2. an opposite type

Derived Forms

• antitypic, adjective
• ˌantiˈtypically, adverb

Other Words From

• an·ti·typ·ic [an-ti-, tip, -ik], anti·typi·cal adjective
• anti·typi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of antitype¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin antitypus < Late Greek antítypos (impression) answering to a die. See anti-, type

Example Sentences

The great Antitype was a literal embodiment of the symbolic panoply of his lesser type.

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This loathing had its physical antitype in his horror of the sight or description of bodily disease.

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Type needs antitype: As night needs day, as shine needs shade, so good Needs evil: how were pity understood Unless by pain?

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All things in the elementary world have their antitype in the celestial, and all celestial things have their corresponding ideas.

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A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.

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