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counterimpulse

noun

Etymology

From counter- + impulse.

  1. derived from impulsus
  2. borrowed from impulser
  3. prefixed as counterimpulse — “counter + impulse”

Definitions

  1. An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.

    • If the presence of a counterimpulse were sufficient to determine a mistake all of us should and would be constantly making mistakes.
    • In the conflict theory, there is an impulse or a motive, and an opposing counterimpulse or countermotive.
    • This counterimpulse tends to embrace everything difficult and European with juvenile zeal.

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