antitype

• Nom désignant une personne ou une chose qui est représentée ou préfigurée par un type ou un symbole, en particulier une figure de l'Ancien Testament trouvant son accomplissement dans le Nouveau Testament ; peut aussi désigner un type opposé ou contrasté.

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.

   Antitype (accomplissement d'un type)

   • 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.

   Synonymescounterpartembodimentfulfillmentrealization

2. C2formal

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

   type opposé

   • 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.

   Synonymesantithesiscontrarycontrastinverseoppositereverse

   Antonymesarchetypeprototypetype