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counterpolicies

counterpolicies is the plural of counterpolicy.

Meaning of counterpolicy

Noun

counterpolicy (plural counterpolicies)

  1. A policy that goes against another policy.
    • Robert Bolton captured the general view when he explained that ambitious rulers "will not sticke to lie, dissemble, breake their words, forsweare, machiavellize, practice any policy or counterpolicy to honesty, reason, religion.”1970, Yale Historical Publications: Miscellany - Issue 92, page 9

Questions about counterpolicies

What is counterpolicies the plural of?
Counterpolicies is the plural of counterpolicy.

Words near counterpolicies in the dictionary

  1. counterpolarizes
  2. counterpolarizing
  3. counterpole
  4. counterpoles
  5. counterpolice
  6. counterpolicies
  7. counterpolicy
  8. counterpolitical
  9. counterpolitics
  10. counterpose
  11. counterposed

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