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counterstyle

counterstyle noun: a style that opposes another style.

Noun

counterstyle (plural counterstyles)

  1. A style that opposes another style.
    • While political theory frequently appears condemned to nostalgic reflection, cultural studies often dulls its critical edge in the never-ending stampede to document the newest styles and counterstyles of the cultural marketplace.2000, Jason A. Frank, John Tambornino, Vocations of Political Theory, page 239

Forms of counterstyle

pluralcounterstyles

Origin of counterstyle

From counter- + style.

Questions about counterstyle

What does counterstyle mean?
Counterstyle means a style that opposes another style.
What part of speech is counterstyle?
Counterstyle is a noun.
What is the plural of counterstyle?
The plural of counterstyle is counterstyles.

Words near counterstyle in the dictionary

  1. counterstruggled
  2. counterstruggles
  3. counterstruggling
  4. counterstudies
  5. counterstudy
  6. counterstyle
  7. counterstyles
  8. countersubject
  9. countersubjects
  10. countersubversion
  11. countersubversive

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