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counterdiscourses

counterdiscourses is the plural of counterdiscourse.

Meaning of counterdiscourse

Noun

counterdiscourse (plural counterdiscourses)

  1. A way of thinking that opposes an institutionalized discourse.
    • Counterdiscourses such as postcolonial and resistance literatures struggle with their hybrid nature. They generally find it necessary to appropriate the language and techniques of the center which they oppose.1999, Greg Carey, Elusive Apocalypse: Reading Authority in the Revelation to John

Questions about counterdiscourses

What is counterdiscourses the plural of?
Counterdiscourses is the plural of counterdiscourse.

Words near counterdiscourses in the dictionary

  1. counterdiffusion
  2. counterdirectional
  3. counterdiscipline
  4. counterdisciplines
  5. counterdiscourse
  6. counterdiscourses
  7. counterdiscrimination
  8. counterdiscriminations
  9. counterdiscursive
  10. counterdisposition
  11. counterdispositional

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