counterexpositions
counterexpositions is the plural of counterexposition.
Meaning of counterexposition
Noun
counterexposition (plural counterexpositions)
- 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
Questions about counterexpositions
- What is counterexpositions the plural of?
- Counterexpositions is the plural of counterexposition.
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