Of or relating to an antitype; serving as an opposite or contrasting type.
From antitype + -ic (relating to). Used in theology and literary criticism to describe things that serve as antitypes, emerging from earlier type/antitype theological language.
When a novel's hero is an antitypic character—the opposite of what you'd expect a hero to be—authors use this reversal to surprise readers and make them rethink their assumptions about who deserves sympathy.
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