counterproject love

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  • noun A project proposed in opposition to another.

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ project

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Examples

  • In a wry and perceptive passage, Davis describes how even though Seaside was designed to foster a connected community, a "counterproject" to gated communities, once Seaside homeowners had settled in, they or at least many of them turned out to be as selfish and hidebound as anyone else -- "reactionaries" who wanted to barricade the place.

    Frank Gruber: Talking Urban: A Review of The Language of Towns and Cities by Dhiru A. Thadani Frank Gruber 2011

  • In a wry and perceptive passage, Davis describes how even though Seaside was designed to foster a connected community, a "counterproject" to gated communities, once Seaside homeowners had settled in, they or at least many of them turned out to be as selfish and hidebound as anyone else -- "reactionaries" who wanted to barricade the place.

    Frank Gruber: Talking Urban: A Review of The Language of Towns and Cities by Dhiru A. Thadani Frank Gruber 2011

  • In a wry and perceptive passage, Davis describes how even though Seaside was designed to foster a connected community, a "counterproject" to gated communities, once Seaside homeowners had settled in, they or at least many of them turned out to be as selfish and hidebound as anyone else -- "reactionaries" who wanted to barricade the place.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Frank Gruber 2011

  • Wildman then brought forward a counterproject, prepared by himself, which, if it had been adopted, would have disgusted all the Anglican clergy and four fifths of the landed aristocracy.

    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

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