antitype

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντίτυπος (antítupos).

antitype means Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ANTITYPE — [Noun] The later, substantive reality that fulfills an earlier prophetic symbol or figure, particularly the realization of an Old Testament foreshadowing in the New Testament. From the Ancient Greek ἀντίτυπος (antítupos), from ἀντί (anti, "against, corresponding to") and τύπος (tupos, "impression, model, type"). Unlike an "archetype" (the primal, originating mold) or a "symbol" (a general, often abstract, representation), the antitype is the destined answer, the material echo that gives weight and truth to a preparatory sketch. It is the flesh-and-blood king arriving to fulfill the prophecy carved in stone, the cold, hard reality of an empty tomb where a ceremonial sacrifice was only the animal shadow, the scent of myrrh and burial linen making real what was once only a lamb's blood smeared on a doorpost. History is thus a language of anticipation, where every sign waits for its final, answering word.

noun

Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.“Types are generally worked out in Old Testament times through ancient Israel, and have their antitype fulfillment in New Testament times through Christ and His Church.”
A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.“The figures of the confidence man and the painted woman were offered as antitypes of proper conduct in mid-nineteenth-century America.”