Counterinitiative

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An initiative opposing another initiative.

    "But now a legislative battle looms over the gun lobby’s brazen counterinitiative to legalize concealed weapons on campus."

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"But now a legislative battle looms over the gun lobby’s brazen counterinitiative to legalize concealed weapons on campus."

Etymology

From counter- + initiative.

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