Counternoise

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A noise in response or opposition to another noise.

    "[…] the production of counternoises (hissing, booing), over which the listeners at least had control, to drown out the uncontrollable and unintelligible music."

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"[…] the production of counternoises (hissing, booing), over which the listeners at least had control, to drown out the uncontrollable and unintelligible music."

Etymology

From counter- + noise.

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