ANTITYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antitype mean? 

• ANTITYPE (noun)
  The noun ANTITYPE has 2 senses:

1. a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament

2. an opposite or contrasting type

  Familiarity information: ANTITYPE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTITYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

Aaron and Jesus Christ are the type and antitype for the high priest who made atonement for the sins of the people

Hypernyms ("antitype" is a kind of...):

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Derivation:

antitypic; antitypical (of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An opposite or contrasting type

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("antitype" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

Antonym:

type (a subdivision of a particular kind of thing)

Derivation:

antitypic; antitypical (of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite)