1. antitype(n = noun.cognition) - 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;
is a kind of internal representation, mental representation, representation
Derived form adjective antitypic1
2. antitype(n = noun.cognition) - an opposite or contrasting type;
is a kind of form, kind, sort, variety
Antonym: type
Derived form adjective antitypic1
That of which the type is the pattern or representation; that which is represented by the type or symbol. [1913 Webster]
antitype, n.
1 that which is represented by a type or symbol.
2 a person or thing of the opposite type.
Derivative:
antitypical adj.
Etymology:
Gk antitupos corresponding as an impression to the die (as ANTI-, tupos stamp)
N prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type, archetype, antitype, protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm, lay-figure, text, copy, design, fugleman, keynote, die, mold, matrix, last, plasm, proplasm, protoplasm, mint, seal, punch, intaglio, negative, stamp, a precedent embalms a principle, exempla sunt odiosa.