antitype
Americannoun
noun
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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
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an opposite type
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of antitype
1605–15; < Medieval Latin antitypus < Late Greek antítypos (impression) answering to a die. See anti-, type
Example Sentences
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The intriguing antitype is Madonna, who briefly studied with Graham's disciple Pearl Lang.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed, Liberman is the antitype of "the American artist," for he has always disdained to specialize.
From Time Magazine Archive
His antitype is the dithering Union general George McClellan, who seldom met a battle he couldn't find reason to avoid.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the absolute antitype of the hot, expressive artist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Little Johnny brought the two near; the type and the antitype.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
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