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counterconvention

counterconvention noun: a convention (habit or custom) that opposes or subverts the norm.

Noun

counterconvention (plural counterconventions)

  1. A convention (habit or custom) that opposes or subverts the norm.
  2. A convention (meeting) held in response to another convention, and opposing it.

Forms of counterconvention

pluralcounterconventions

Origin of counterconvention

From counter- + convention.

Questions about counterconvention

What does counterconvention mean?
Counterconvention means a convention (habit or custom) that opposes or subverts the norm.
What part of speech is counterconvention?
Counterconvention is a noun.
What is the plural of counterconvention?
The plural of counterconvention is counterconventions.

Words near counterconvention in the dictionary

  1. counterconditioning
  2. counterconquest
  3. counterconquests
  4. counterconspiracies
  5. counterconspiracy
  6. counterconvention
  7. counterconventional
  8. counterconventions
  9. countercorrelated
  10. countercorrelation
  11. countercorrelations

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