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counterimage

counterimage noun: an image that counters or contradicts another.

Noun

counterimage (plural counterimages)

  1. An image that counters or contradicts another.
    • So the high-powered Russian delegation of political and business leaders spent part of the past week trying to project a counterimage, buttressed by slabs of statistics to display economic growth and sober stewardship in the service of market freedoms that should not alarm the West.2007 January 29, Alan Cowell, “Russia Turns to Spin to Redefine Itself and Reassure the West”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    counterpicture

Synonyms of counterimage

Forms of counterimage

pluralcounterimages

Origin of counterimage

From counter- + image.

Questions about counterimage

What does counterimage mean?
Counterimage means an image that counters or contradicts another.
What part of speech is counterimage?
Counterimage is a noun.
What is the plural of counterimage?
The plural of counterimage is counterimages.

Words near counterimage in the dictionary

  1. counterilluminate
  2. counterilluminated
  3. counterilluminates
  4. counterilluminating
  5. counterillumination
  6. counterimage
  7. counterimagery
  8. counterimages
  9. counterimagination
  10. counterimaginations
  11. counterimitate

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