counterview
/ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvjuː/
counterview noun: an opposing viewpoint.
Noun
counterview (countable and uncountable, plural counterviews)
- An opposing viewpoint.
- A posture in which two persons face each other.
- Within the Gates of Hell sate Sin and Death,
In counterview1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished... - M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix.1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform
- Within the Gates of Hell sate Sin and Death,
- A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
- I have drawn ſome Lines of Sir John Linger's Character, the Derbyſhire Knight, on purpoſe to place it in Counter-view or Contraſt with that of the other Company[…]1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “An Introduction to the Following Treatise”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […]...
Forms of counterview
| plural | counterviews |
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Origin of counterview
From counter- + view.
Questions about counterview
- What does counterview mean?
- Counterview means an opposing viewpoint.
- What part of speech is counterview?
- Counterview is a noun.
- How do you pronounce counterview?
- Counterview is pronounced /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvjuː/.
- What is the plural of counterview?
- The plural of counterview is counterviews.
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