Countermeme
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A meme posted in opposition to or as a mockery of another meme.
"But the GOP and its phalanxes were ready with a countermeme. Enter Unskewedpolls.com. That website, run by Dean Chambers, a Republican blogger and Romney supporter from Virginia, claims to correct polls that Chambers says give too much weight to Democratic votership. Six-point Obama leads turn into 7.8-point Romney leads."
Example
More examples"But the GOP and its phalanxes were ready with a countermeme. Enter Unskewedpolls.com. That website, run by Dean Chambers, a Republican blogger and Romney supporter from Virginia, claims to correct polls that Chambers says give too much weight to Democratic votership. Six-point Obama leads turn into 7.8-point Romney leads."
Etymology
From counter- + meme.
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