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antitype

antitype

9.9
A person or thing that is the direct opposite of another
  • noun
  • /ˈæn.tɪ.taɪp/
translation icon : antitipo
  • Many viewed her as the antitype of a successful entrepreneur, contrasting her struggle with others' achievements.
  • Classic antitype
  • Conservative antitype
  • Antitype represents

Examples

  • Given the Church's approximation to the classic conservative antitype, for any movement of change to be successful, it needed sanctioning from the top.

    Academic text (2006)

  • As I noted above, the classic conservative antitype is highly resistant to change, and it is not difficult to identify persons and groups who represent such resistance within the Church.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The classic conservative antitype represents a distortion of both the cultural and social dialectic in the direction of limitation.

    Academic text (2006)

  • I would argue that a proper recovery of the Church's essentially missionary character (n60) is needed to prevent the Church from slipping back into the classic conservative antitype from which it attempted to escape through Vatican II.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In the story, the hero acted as an antitype to the villain, showcasing their stark differences.

  • His calm demeanor served as an antitype to the chaotic situation unfolding around him.

Synonyms

opposite
vsantitype
430 1.0

A word with a completely different meaning from another word

is narrower and used for contrast between types rather than broad differences
antithesis
vsantitype
18 7.9

A person or thing that is the exact opposite of another

is used for contrast between kinds or types rather than general opposites
antipode
vsantitype
1 9.3

The direct opposite of something, for example order and chaos

also applies to people as well as to things

Surface Forms

antitype singular
antitypes plural

Morphology

antitype = type (transparent) = anti + type

The meaning follows directly from anti- + type as 'opposite of a type' or 'counterpart'.

Etymology

The word antitype combines anti- meaning 'against' or 'opposite' and type meaning 'example' or 'kind'. So an antitype can be the direct opposite or clear contrast of another type, for example when a character is written as the antitype of the main character.