countertype

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noun

A type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another.

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Meanings

nouncountertype (plural countertypes)

plural countertypes

  1. A type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another.

    Sweaty, stammering and hyperactive, Lemmon seemed to embody the countertype of the monumental, granite-jawed leading men of the 1950s — stars like John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck .

    2009 June 14, Dave Kehr, “Everyman, Tempted”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + type.

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APA

countertype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countertype

MLA

“countertype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countertype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countertype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countertype.

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