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counterexposition

counterexposition noun: an exposition that responds to, or counters, another exposition.

Noun

counterexposition (plural counterexpositions)

  1. An exposition that responds to, or counters, another exposition.
    • The process, repeated, forms an exposition answered with a finale or counterexposition. The root of fugue is flight or fleeing and in musicology is eventually connected to a flight of fancy that brings us back to fantasia.2009, Peter Hitchcock, The Long Space: Transnationalism and Postcolonial Form, page 222

Forms of counterexposition

pluralcounterexpositions

Origin of counterexposition

From counter- + exposition.

Questions about counterexposition

What does counterexposition mean?
Counterexposition means an exposition that responds to, or counters, another exposition.
What part of speech is counterexposition?
Counterexposition is a noun.
What is the plural of counterexposition?
The plural of counterexposition is counterexpositions.

Words near counterexposition in the dictionary

  1. counterexploited
  2. counterexploiting
  3. counterexploits
  4. counterexplosion
  5. counterexplosions
  6. counterexposition
  7. counterexpositions
  8. counterextension
  9. counterextensions
  10. counterextremism
  11. counterextremist

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