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counterexcitement

counterexcitement noun: a state of excitation in response or opposition to another such state.

Noun

counterexcitement (uncountable)

  1. A state of excitation in response or opposition to another such state.
    • […] that he will calmly see them beaten down by the excitement of terror, and will make no effort to raise them up by the counterexcitement of enthusiasm; […]1886, Edward Verrall Lucas, The Life of Frederick Lucas, volume 2, page 182
    • As things now stand, excitement can have no effect but to create counterexcitement, and probably delay still further the object of all parties, that is, a pacific and immediate adjustment of the controversy.1872, George Ticknor Curtis, Life of Daniel Webster, page 61

Origin of counterexcitement

From counter- + excitement.

Questions about counterexcitement

What does counterexcitement mean?
Counterexcitement means a state of excitation in response or opposition to another such state.
What part of speech is counterexcitement?
Counterexcitement is a noun.

Words near counterexcitement in the dictionary

  1. counterevidentiary
  2. counterexaggeration
  3. counterexaggerations
  4. counterexample
  5. counterexamples
  6. counterexcitement
  7. counterexcommunication
  8. counterexcommunications
  9. counterexemplar
  10. counterexemplars
  11. counterexemplary

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