Counterwave

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.

    "Just as the message has apparently been heard, it has encountered a counterwave of books arguing that religion is totally unfit, not merely for public life, but for personal life as well."

Example

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"Just as the message has apparently been heard, it has encountered a counterwave of books arguing that religion is totally unfit, not merely for public life, but for personal life as well."

Etymology

From counter- + wave.

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