counterforce

[ koun-ter-fawrs, -fohrs ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of counterforce¹

First recorded in 1600–10; counter- + force

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.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast