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counterdisposition

counterdisposition noun: a disposition that opposes another disposition.

Noun

counterdisposition (plural counterdispositions)

  1. A disposition that opposes another disposition.
    • Together, and among others, they have forged a different analytic to the comparativist one. I will call this counterdisposition relational and interactive rather than discretely comparativist.2015, Karim Murji, John Solomos, Theories of Race and Ethnicity, page 253

Forms of counterdisposition

pluralcounterdispositions

Origin of counterdisposition

From counter- + disposition.

Questions about counterdisposition

What does counterdisposition mean?
Counterdisposition means a disposition that opposes another disposition.
What part of speech is counterdisposition?
Counterdisposition is a noun.
What is the plural of counterdisposition?
The plural of counterdisposition is counterdispositions.

Words near counterdisposition in the dictionary

  1. counterdiscourse
  2. counterdiscourses
  3. counterdiscrimination
  4. counterdiscriminations
  5. counterdiscursive
  6. counterdisposition
  7. counterdispositional
  8. counterdispositionally
  9. counterdispositions
  10. counterdisputation
  11. counterdisputations

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