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countertexts

countertexts is the plural of countertext.

Meaning of countertext

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".

Questions about countertexts

What is countertexts the plural of?
Countertexts is the plural of countertext.

Words near countertexts in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countertexts (page history and authors); countertext (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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