antitype

• Substantiv, das eine Person oder Sache bezeichnet, die durch einen Typus oder ein Symbol vorausgebildet oder vorausgedeutet wird, besonders eine alttestamentliche Gestalt mit Entsprechung im Neuen Testament; kann auch den entgegengesetzten oder kontrastierenden Typus meinen.

A noun referring to a person or thing that is represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol, especially a figure in the Old Testament that has a counterpart in the New Testament; it can also refer to an opposite or contrasting type.

1. Fulfillment of a symbolC2formal

   A person or thing that is represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol, especially a figure in the Old Testament that has a counterpart in the New Testament.

   Antitypus

   • In Christian theology, Adam is considered a type of Christ, the antitype.
   • The Passover lamb is a type, and Jesus is the antitype.
   • Theologians often discuss the relationship between the type and the antitype.

   Synonymecounterpartembodimentfulfillmentrealization

2. C2formal

   An opposite or contrasting type; something that is the reverse of another.

   Gegenstück

   • In some philosophical systems, the antitype represents the opposite of the original concept.
   • The hero in the story is the antitype of the villain.
   • The antitype of a positive character is often a negative one.

   Synonymeantithesiscontrarycontrastinverseoppositereverse

   Antonymearchetypeprototypetype