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单词 countermovement
释义

countermovement

noun

coun·​ter·​move·​ment ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌmüv-mənt How to pronounce countermovement (audio)
variants or counter-movement
plural countermovements or counter-movements
1
: a movement in an opposite direction
She observed that whenever the body abruptly moves one way, there is a fallout of countermovements and readjustments … Paul Trachtman
Suburban stress has not produced any large-scale countermovement back to the cities or out to the countryside, however. William Schneider
2
: an organized movement that arises in opposition to something
Opponents labeled the whole program socialistic, and, in the 1960s, a strong countermovement developed … The Bangor Daily News

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1818, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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