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countertext

countertext noun: a text that opposes another, often by presenting similar events from a different perspective.

Noun

countertext (plural countertexts)

  1. A text that opposes another, often by presenting similar events from a different perspective.
    • Alice Randall's novel "The Wind Done Gone" is a countertext to Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind".

Forms of countertext

pluralcountertexts

Origin of countertext

From counter- + text.

Words formed from countertext

Questions about countertext

What does countertext mean?
Countertext means a text that opposes another, often by presenting similar events from a different perspective.
What part of speech is countertext?
Countertext is a noun.
What is the plural of countertext?
The plural of countertext is countertexts.

Words near countertext in the dictionary

  1. counterterror
  2. counterterrorism
  3. counterterrorist
  4. counterterroristic
  5. counterterrorists
  6. countertext
  7. countertexts
  8. countertextual
  9. countertextually
  10. countertheme
  11. counterthemes

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