The senator sought this week to offer an up-beat counterview to the bleak picturedrawn by his political rival last week.
counterview in American English
(ˈkauntərˌvjuː)
noun
an opposing or contrasting opinion
Word origin
[1580–90; counter- + view]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: academic, bomb, mandarin, reference, scramblecounter- is a combining form with the meanings “against,” “contrary,” “opposite,” “in oppositionor response to” (countermand); “complementary,” “in reciprocation,” “corresponding,” “parallel” (counterfoil; counterbalance); “substitute,” “duplicate” (counterfeit)