countermove
noun
an opposing move
countermovement
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a word derived from
countermove.
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a word derived from
movement.
movementnounthe act, process, or result of moving.
Example Sentences
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But there’s a countermovement in the show, the People Power Revolution that gains momentum after the assassination of Nimoy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Such tension has become common in Minneapolis, where the enormous influx of federal officers has met a countermovement of residents armed with whistles, text alerts and cameras to shadow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
But exactly the moment when the genre peaked in the mid-1970s with films like “Chinatown,” “Taxi Driver” and “Network,” a countermovement hit the screens: the blockbuster.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
After Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, the constitutional amendment that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, a countermovement pushed states not to ratify the measure.
From Slate ● May 13, 2025
In 1812 it reaches its extreme limit, Moscow, and then, with remarkable symmetry, a countermovement occurs from east to west, attracting to it, as the first movement had done, the nations of middle Europe.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
