Antitype

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antitype \An"ti*type\, n. [Gr. ? of corresponding form; 'anti`
     against + ? type, figure. See {Type}.]
     That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that
     which is represented by the type or symbol.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  antitype
       n 1: 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
       2: an opposite or contrasting type [ant: {type}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "antitype":
     antetype, archetype, biotype, classic example, criterion, epitome,
     fugleman, fugler, genotype, imitatee, lead, mirror, model,
     original, paradigm, pattern, precedent, prototype, representative,
     rule, standard, type, type species, type specimen, urtext