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counterspectacle

counterspectacle noun: a spectacle set up in opposition to another.

Noun

counterspectacle (plural counterspectacles)

  1. A spectacle set up in opposition to another.
    • Perhaps in the world's destruction it would be possible at last to see how it was made. Oceans, mountains. The ponderous counterspectacle of things ceasing to be.2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Forms of counterspectacle

pluralcounterspectacles

Origin of counterspectacle

From counter- + spectacle.

Questions about counterspectacle

What does counterspectacle mean?
Counterspectacle means a spectacle set up in opposition to another.
What part of speech is counterspectacle?
Counterspectacle is a noun.
What is the plural of counterspectacle?
The plural of counterspectacle is counterspectacles.

Words near counterspectacle in the dictionary

  1. countersorcerers
  2. countersorceries
  3. countersorcery
  4. counterspace
  5. counterspecies
  6. counterspectacle
  7. counterspectacles
  8. counterspeech
  9. counterspeeches
  10. counterspell
  11. counterspelled

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