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counterinterpretations

counterinterpretations is the plural of counterinterpretation.

Meaning of counterinterpretation

Noun

counterinterpretation (countable and uncountable, plural counterinterpretations)

  1. An interpretation that goes against another interpretation.
    • I ask because when historians of any era run out of new things to say, they inevitably turn to a counterinterpretation.2009 April 9, “The New Deal Revisionists: Will They Ever Learn?”, in New York Times

Questions about counterinterpretations

What is counterinterpretations the plural of?
Counterinterpretations is the plural of counterinterpretation.

Words near counterinterpretations in the dictionary

  1. counterintention
  2. counterintentions
  3. counterinterest
  4. counterinterests
  5. counterinterpretation
  6. counterinterpretations
  7. counterinterrogation
  8. counterintervention
  9. counterintrigue
  10. counterintrigues
  11. counterintuition

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