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counterattractive

adj
/ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹaktɪv/UK

Etymology

From counter- + attractive.

  1. derived from attractīvus
  2. derived from attractif
  3. prefixed as counterattractive — “counter + attractive”

Definitions

  1. Acting as a counterattraction

    Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting.

    • In the struggle against the influence of such revelations, the counterattractive force of appeals to consider British interests was weakening.
    • He saw the relations among prices of land, corn, flour, and bread as dependent on “growth of the power of association” which makes “circulation” more rapid “as the attractive and counterattractive forces increase in their intensity.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA