countertype

noun

countertype

noun

Etymology From counter- + type.

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:

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