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Antitype

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A person or thing that corresponds to or represents an earlier type

Detailed Definition
An antitype is a person, event, or symbol in later literature that fulfills or contrasts with an earlier "type" (often biblical); in poetry, typology creates layered meaning, as when Christ is the antitype of Jonah, enabling allegorical readings in devotional or visionary works like those of Herbert or Blake.
Example
Example in poetry:
Antitype: In Christian typological poetry, Jonah’s three days in the whale serve as a type, with Christ’s resurrection as the antitype—a fulfillment of the earlier symbolic event.
Additional Notes
Antitype: In typology (especially Christian hermeneutics), the fulfillment of a symbolic precursor (the “type”); in poetry, may structure allegorical narratives—e.g., Christ as antitype to Adam—useful in intertextual or theological verse.
Also Known As
Opposite type Contrasting figure Counter-symbol
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