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countergovernment

countergovernment noun: a government set up in opposition to another government.

Noun

countergovernment (plural countergovernments)

  1. A government set up in opposition to another government.
    • The Yugoslav federation was foreshadowed in the way armed struggle was organized and by the countergovemment that was forged in armed struggle, embodied in 1943 in the underground parliament called AVNOJ (after its Serbo-Croatian initials).1995, Catherine Samary, chapter 1, in Peter Drucker, transl., Yugoslavia Dismembered, New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, page 49

Forms of countergovernment

pluralcountergovernments
alternative formcounter-government

Origin of countergovernment

From counter- + government.

Questions about countergovernment

What does countergovernment mean?
Countergovernment means a government set up in opposition to another government.
What part of speech is countergovernment?
Countergovernment is a noun.
What is the plural of countergovernment?
The plural of countergovernment is countergovernments.

Words near countergovernment in the dictionary

  1. countergirls
  2. counterglow
  3. counterglows
  4. countergovernance
  5. countergovernances
  6. countergovernment
  7. countergovernmental
  8. countergovernments
  9. countergradient
  10. countergradients
  11. countergrav

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