antitype

Definitions


[ˈantɪtʌɪp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person or thing that represents the opposite of someone or something else
(e.g: the antitype of female virtue)

- something that is represented by a symbol


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Origin:
early 17th century: from late Latin antitypus, from Greek antitupos ‘corresponding as an impression to the die’, from anti ‘against, opposite’ + tupos ‘type, a stamp’




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