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countercraft

countercraft noun: strategies or tactics that serve to counter something.

Noun

countercraft (uncountable)

  1. Strategies or tactics that serve to counter something.
    • The moves of good, the countercraft of Ill, / Did Joseph's life, with stirring scenes now fill, […]1850, Psychologist (pseudonym), Sacred Incidents (page 117)
    • He thought of his voice, a shriek from nowhere, stilling the Butcher's hands upon Anne's body — of countercraft that might reveal him, of snickering laughter and glowing irons in the keep of Campscapel.1928, Leslie Barringer, Joris of the Rock

Origin of countercraft

From counter- + craft.

Questions about countercraft

What does countercraft mean?
Countercraft means strategies or tactics that serve to counter something.
What part of speech is countercraft?
Countercraft is a noun.

Words near countercraft in the dictionary

  1. countercounterproposals
  2. countercountries
  3. countercountry
  4. countercoup
  5. countercoups
  6. countercraft
  7. countercries
  8. countercriticism
  9. countercriticisms
  10. countercriticize
  11. countercriticized

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