Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Opposing pressure; a force or pressure that acts in antagonism to another and is equal to it.
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Examples
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Since the super-rich have very disproportionate political influence in our current political system, that will exert powerful counter-pressure against the permanent war party.
Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman 2010
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Since the super-rich have very disproportionate political influence in our current political system, that will exert powerful counter-pressure against the permanent war party.
Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman 2010
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Since the super-rich have very disproportionate political influence in our current political system, that will exert powerful counter-pressure against the permanent war party.
Robert Naiman: A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars Robert Naiman 2010
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Her shoulder touched his as lightly as a butterfly touches a flower, and just as lightly was the counter-pressure.
Chapter 21 2010
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AIPAC and other right-wing "pro-Israel" groups are only as powerful as the absence of counter-pressure from the peace and human rights community.
Stephen Zunes: Congress Defends Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Flotilla 2010
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Use massage (hand or foot), double hip squeeze, counter-pressure, slow dancing, and so on to help you cope (see Chapter 11).
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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• Use massage (hand or foot), double hip squeeze, counter-pressure, slow dancing, and so on to help you cope (see Chapter 11).
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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In effect, Obama has cut the ground from under the progressive perspective by convincing them all to be "realistic" -- and as a result, he faces no counter-pressure apart from the pressures to his right.
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Once these steps are put in place, it is extremely difficult for a pro-democracy movement to survive -- but not impossible if counter-pressure is applied correctly.
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We in the Blogosphere need to provide the counter-pressure.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Petition for the Prosecution of GWB 2009
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