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counternarratives

counternarratives is the plural of counternarrative.

Meaning of counternarrative

Noun

counternarrative (plural counternarratives)

  1. 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

Questions about counternarratives

What is counternarratives the plural of?
Counternarratives is the plural of counternarrative.

Words near counternarratives in the dictionary

  1. counternaiant
  2. counternarcoterrorism
  3. counternarcotic
  4. counternarcotics
  5. counternarrative
  6. counternarratives
  7. counternatural
  8. counternaturally
  9. counternoise
  10. counternoises
  11. counternormative

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