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countercapitals

countercapitals is the plural of countercapital.

Meaning of countercapital

Noun

countercapital (plural countercapitals)

  1. A city other than the official capital that serves as a base of power and influence.
    • In the last third of the century Medelh'n in fact, as well as in the minds of the antioqueños, stood as an economically based countercapital in the west.1976, Frank Safford, The ideal of the practical, →ISBN, page 214
  2. Possessions, knowledge, and resources that support an alternative to the dominant culture
    • Further, this imported 'counter-habitas' and 'cultural counter-capital' frictionally appreciates as pupils' experiences of schooling penetrate a system which depreciates their cultural currency.2002, Dr Stephen J Ball, Stephen Ball, Ivor F Goodson, Teachers' Lives And Careers, →ISBN

Questions about countercapitals

What is countercapitals the plural of?
Countercapitals is the plural of countercapital.

Words near countercapitals in the dictionary

  1. countercampaigns
  2. countercapital
  3. countercapitalism
  4. countercapitalist
  5. countercapitalists
  6. countercapitals
  7. countercartographies
  8. countercartography
  9. countercase
  10. countercases
  11. countercast

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