counterpolarizing

Verb

counterpolarize (third-person singular simple present counterpolarizes, present participle counterpolarizing, simple past and past participle counterpolarized)

1. To become politically radicalized in response to the opposition becoming politically extreme.
   • The costly attempts to counterpolarize Caracas in Ciudad Guyana did lead to a decentralization of production but not to one of control; all headquarters are still to be found in Caracas!1986, Roger K. Teszler, “The Economic Impact of Proximity: Colombia, Venezuela and the Caribbean”, in Henk E. Chin, editor, The Caribbean Basin and the Changing World Economic Structure, Groningen...
2. To polarize in a manner that is opposite to or counteracts a previous instance of polarization.
   • Thus, with respect to the x axis, the silicon has a polarizing influence on the oxygen ion and the two cations have a counter polarizing action; with respect to the y axis, one of the cations polarizes the oxygen and the other counterpolarizes it; with respect to the z axis, the polarizing action...1967 January, V.I. Malkin, B.M. Mogutnov, A.G. Ryl'nikova, “Refraction of the Oxygen Ion in Three-Component Silicate Melts”, in Inorganic Materials, volume 3, number 1, page 124