countertype

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ type.

Noun

countertype (plural countertypes)

1. A type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another.
   • 2009 June 14, Dave Kehr, “Everyman, Tempted”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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 .