counternarrative
counternarrative noun: a narrative that goes against another narrative.
Noun
counternarrative (plural counternarratives)
- A narrative that goes against another narrative.
- To our great dismay, what we find is that in important sectors of the American press a disturbing counternarrative is emerging: That perhaps this election wasn’t a fraud after all.2009 June 19, Shane M., “A Different Iranian Revolution”, in New York Times
- One aspect of the effort to cast doubt on ozone depletion was the construction of a counternarrative that depicted ozone depletion as a natural variation that was being cynically exploited by a corrupt, self-interested, and extremist scientific community to get more money for their research.2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 4, in Merchants of Doubt
Forms of counternarrative
| plural | counternarratives |
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Origin of counternarrative
From counter- + narrative.
Questions about counternarrative
- What does counternarrative mean?
- Counternarrative means a narrative that goes against another narrative.
- What part of speech is counternarrative?
- Counternarrative is a noun.
- What is the plural of counternarrative?
- The plural of counternarrative is counternarratives.
Words near counternarrative in the dictionary
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