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counter-movement

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A movement in opposition to another.

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Examples

  • When the counter-movement of reaction geared up its mighty wave machine to inundate the proponents of change, would-be revolutionaries couldn't take the long hours and poor pay demanded by movement work.

    James Block: The (Untelevised) Revolution Next Door James Block 2011

  • When the counter-movement of reaction geared up its mighty wave machine to inundate the proponents of change, would-be revolutionaries couldn't take the long hours and poor pay demanded by movement work.

    James Block: The (Untelevised) Revolution Next Door James Block 2011

  • The embarrassment over this loss stimulated a counter-movement which promotes violence and aggression in sport and which succeeded in securing New Zealand the rights to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup - a glorified and ritualized demonstration of male-aggression.

    Alyn Ware: No Longer Number 1! Alyn Ware 2011

  • The embarrassment over this loss stimulated a counter-movement which promotes violence and aggression in sport and which succeeded in securing New Zealand the rights to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup - a glorified and ritualized demonstration of male-aggression.

    Alyn Ware: No Longer Number 1! Alyn Ware 2011

  • We became the Latino counter-movement, as the Tea Party was making clear to all Americans their refusal to work in a bipartisan fashion, which was evident in the debt crisis discussions no matter the global financial cost.

    DeeDee Garcia Blase: No New Latino GOP Votes Until Immigration Reform DeeDee Garcia Blase 2011

  • The good news is that there has emerged in the past few decades a counter-movement of spiritual progressives that are willing to challenge the distortions in their own religious communities while simultaneously doing battle with the institutions and practices of the wealthy and powerful.

    Rabbi Michael Lerner: Occupy Hanukkah And Christmas Rabbi Michael Lerner 2011

  • Lenore and others are leading a counter-movement that also goes by many names -- slow parenting, simple parenting, and free-range parenting, to name a few.

    Darell Hammond: Leave Your Children at the Park and Your Paranoia at Bay 2010

  • When we do this, we move from being a counter-movement, to the new guard -- the standard bearers of a widely accepted values system -- because the strategies for peace, happiness and prosperity simply work better.

    Christiana Wyly: Is Whole Foods Market Just Another Evil Corporation? 2009

  • I'd like to see a counter-movement of actual plumbers named Joe coming out for Obama.

    Poll: Voters In Ohio And Missouri Entirely Unmoved By McCain's "Joe The Plumber" Stunt 2009

  • Now it is not surprising that with this massification and large-scale production, there is a counter-movement that emerged -- very much also here in California.

    Louise Fresco on feeding the whole world Louise Fresco 2009

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