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counterpointing

counterpointing is the present participle and gerund of counterpoint.

Meaning of counterpoint

Verb

counterpoint (third-person singular simple present counterpoints, present participle counterpointing, simple past and past participle counterpointed)

  1. (transitive) To compose or arrange such music.
  2. (transitive) To serve as an opposing point against.
    • […] the dominant discourse on theory and method in the study of religions remains stuck on the debate about reductionism, which is in turn bent on representing the debate about theory and method in the study of religions as a choice between an unscientific phenomenology or an unsympathetic...2011, Paul-François Tremlett, Religion and the Discourse on Modernity

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Questions about counterpointing

What is counterpointing the present participle and gerund of?
Counterpointing is the present participle and gerund of counterpoint.

Words near counterpointing in the dictionary

  1. counterplotting
  2. counterploy
  3. counterploys
  4. counterpoint
  5. counterpointed
  6. counterpointing
  7. counterpoints
  8. counterpoise
  9. counterpoise-lift
  10. counterpoise-lifts
  11. counterpoised

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