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counternarrative

American  
[kaun-ter-nar-uh-tiv] / ˈkaʊn tərˌnær ə tɪv /

noun

counternarratives plural
  1. a narrative based on a different ideology or interpretation of events.


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Has the AI counternarrative become too set for even Nvidia to turn it around?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

It answers Riefenstahl’s carefully chosen narrative, a fable of disillusioned purity, with an equally forensic counternarrative exposing her childlike narcissism about the impact of her talent.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2025

And this is where I beg my legal friends, too: The counternarrative cannot simply be, “Well, the court will get him.”

From Slate Apr. 9, 2024

There's no easy way to measure how much a counternarrative, delivered within the same social media networks, can help deter people from that path.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

All along, though, the unflattering counternarrative about me seemed only to gain traction.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Its algorithm — still largely interest-driven rather than identity-driven — has enabled ordinary people to go viral with critical stories and counternarratives.

From Salon Sep. 27, 2025

Grief is rarely uncomplicated, and even stories of shared pain sometimes splinter into angry counternarratives.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2023

Generally, the people I interviewed who were able to leave gaslighting relationships quickly had people they could rely on to validate their realities and give them positive counternarratives about their self-worth.

From Scientific American Sep. 22, 2022

The mere existence of “Get Back” is a sign that, more than half a century after the Beatles disbanded, their history is still unsettled, and remains endlessly ripe for deep-dive research and partisan counternarratives.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2021

The result is a novel composed of narratives and counternarratives, texts and subtexts.

From Washington Post Mar. 2, 2017

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