counterwave
English
Etymology
counter- + wave
Noun
counterwave (plural counterwaves)
- A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
- 2008 February 16, Peter Steinfels, “Religious Right May Be Fading, but Not the ‘Culture Wars’”, in New York Times:
- Just as the message has apparently been heard, it has encountered a counterwave of books arguing that religion is totally unfit, not merely for public life, but for personal life as well.
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