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counternatural

counternatural adjective: against nature; unnatural.

Adjective

counternatural (comparative more counternatural, superlative most counternatural)

  1. Against nature; unnatural.
    • In this respect the tribe was not countercultural but counternatural.2007 June 18, Edward Rothstein, “Postmodern Thoughts, Illuminated by the Practices of a Premodern Tribe”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022

Forms of counternatural

comparativemore counternatural
superlativemost counternatural

Origin of counternatural

From counter- + natural.

Words formed from counternatural

Questions about counternatural

What does counternatural mean?
Counternatural means against nature; unnatural.
What part of speech is counternatural?
Counternatural is an adjective.

Words near counternatural in the dictionary

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

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