countertheme

In that act they became a little bit French themselves in their cultural affiliation—a great unwritten theme in America, where historians and journalists tend to exaggerate the horrors of nativism, and ignore a larger and happier and more important countertheme.77

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Richard Helgerson suggests that "the persecution and martyrdom of those whom Foxe considers members of the true church of Christ are the book's most persistent subject but God's punishment of persecutors makes a strong countertheme" (255).

The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire 2006

In that act they became a little bit French themselves in their cultural affiliation—a great unwritten theme in America, where historians and journalists tend to exaggerate the horrors of nativism, and ignore a larger and happier and more important countertheme.77

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

A sharp eye will also notice a persistent visual countertheme: pinpoint patterns that evoke the elite black Caspian beluga caviar no longer legal in this and most countries.

Vegas's Best Bets 2008

I'm amused by the countertheme that I'm just acting --and that I'm a bad actor.

Bloggingheads! Ann Althouse 2007

Reta played a merry ditty on her horn, theme and countertheme on the panpipes, as if the two of them had not a care in the frame.

Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988