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counterforce

[ koun-ter-fawrs, -fohrs ]

noun

  1. a contrary or opposing force, tendency, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of counterforce1

First recorded in 1600–10; counter- + force
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Example Sentences

A certain amount of weakening may act as a counterforce against climate change, mitigating to some degree the warming that would otherwise take place.

But Nietzsche understood resentment is a powerful, dangerous counterforce to any positivity police.

In many places Hispanics constitute the major counterforce to wholesale depopulation.

It has energized conservatives and created a positive counterforce on the right for the Republicans.

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