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counterplan

American  
[koun-ter-plan] / ˈkaʊn tərˌplæn /

noun

  1. an opposing plan.

  2. an alternative or substitute plan.


Etymology

Origin of counterplan

First recorded in 1780–90; counter- + plan

Example Sentences

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Naguib's counterplan: a stiff electoral reform law, excluding men of "known dishonesty" from political office.

From Time Magazine Archive

But against this proposal is the French counterplan for a Danubian Federation of Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Jugoslavia and Bulgaria.

From Time Magazine Archive

This threat of "government interference" spurred the California Medical Association, which for over ten years had been hatching health-insurance schemes, to announce a counterplan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only one other Middle East country, Saudi Arabia, has joined in Nasser's counterplan for a strictly Arab defense alliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, he thought, to work out a counterplan: what will I do if the gods weave a net like this one?

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman