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- noun A
contrary oropposing tendency
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As discussed above (section 2.2), the Kyoto School participants spoke of an overcoming of modernity that can take place only by way of passing through modernity, a stance that represented a countertendency to the simple rejection of modern Western rationality by the Japanese Romantic School and other participants in the symposium.
The Kyoto School Davis, Bret W. 2006
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Just as there's a tendency to glorify technological progress, there's a countertendency to expect the worst of every new tool or machine.
unknown title 2009
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Just as there’s a tendency to glorify technological progress, there’s a countertendency to expect the worst of every new tool or machine.
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Just as there’s a tendency to glorify technological progress, there’s a countertendency to expect the worst of every new tool or machine.
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