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counterprotest

noun

Etymology

From counter- + protest.

  1. derived from prōtestor
  2. derived from protester
  3. formed as counterprotest — “counter- + protest”

Definitions

  1. A protest held in opposition to another protest.

  2. To protest in opposition to another protest.

    • In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”

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