Counterprophecy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A prophecy predicting the opposite of another prophecy.
"Although she tends not to be a dance actor of spontaneity, she was suddenly vivid in her mime reply to Carabosse and her calm counterprophecy, judiciously timed."
Example
More examples"Although she tends not to be a dance actor of spontaneity, she was suddenly vivid in her mime reply to Carabosse and her calm counterprophecy, judiciously timed."
Etymology
From counter- + prophecy.
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