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counterwave

noun

Etymology

From counter- + wave.

  1. derived from *webʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wabōną✻
  3. inherited from *wabōn✻
  4. inherited from wafian
  5. inherited from waven
  6. prefixed as counterwave — “counter + wave”

Definitions

  1. A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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