Counternoise
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"[…] 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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