Having the quality of being opposite to or contrasting with a type; not typical or representative.
From anti- (against) + typous (from Greek typos, meaning type or impression). This theological and classical term developed to describe things that oppose or contradict established types or patterns.
In medieval theology, this word was used to describe how New Testament events were 'antitypous' to Old Testament foreshadowing—they were the reality that inverted expectations. It's a word that bridges ancient religious thinking with logic.
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