antitype
pronunciation
How to pronounce antitype in British English:
UK ['æntɪtaɪp]
How to pronounce antitype in American English:
US ['æntɪtaɪp]
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- 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
- an opposite or contrasting type
Word Origin
- antitype (n.)
- also anti-type, 1610s, from Greek antitypos "corresponding in form," literally "struck back, responding as an impression to a die," from anti- (see anti-) + typos "a blow, mark" (see type (n.)).
Example
- 1. The industry life cycle will influence the technology transferring 's antitype .
- 2. We can call " primary matter " our passive power or the limitation of our activity : we say that our primary matter requires extension , but also resistance or antitype , and yet an individuated requirement to possess a body that belongs to us .