antitype

Other forms: antitypes

Definitions of antitype
  1. noun
    an opposite or contrasting type
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    antonyms:
    type
    a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
    type of:
    form, kind, sort, variety
    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  2. noun
    a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
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    type of:
    internal representation, mental representation, representation
    a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
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