| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| antitype |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·ti·type |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n t -t p |
| NOUN: | 1. One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament. 2. An opposite or contrasting type. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin antitypus, from Late Greek antitupos, copy, antitype, from Greek, corresponding, representing : anti-, equal to, like; see anti– + tupos, print, impression. | | OTHER FORMS: | anti·typi·cal (-tp-k l) —ADJECTIVE
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