Counterinterpretation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An interpretation that goes against another interpretation. countable, uncountable

    "I ask because when historians of any era run out of new things to say, they inevitably turn to a counterinterpretation."

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"I ask because when historians of any era run out of new things to say, they inevitably turn to a counterinterpretation."

Etymology

From counter- + interpretation.

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