counterview

American  

[koun-ter-vyoo] / ˈkaʊn tərˌvyu /

noun

1. an opposing or contrasting opinion.

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Etymology

Origin of counterview

First recorded in 1580–90; counter- + view

Example Sentences

“But it’s important there has to be a counterview laid out there as to why and how to get it right. At least I’m going to try and do that. We’ll see.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2020

Four separate Clinton spokespeople and advisers did not respond to inquiries seeking a counterview.

From US News • Aug. 23, 2015

The counterview to sports as a beacon of meritocratic equality and unbeclouded truth is that it’s a spillway for our worst public and private selves. 

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013

But a potent opposition slogan plastered through Monrovia — “Too old to hold” — sums up the counterview of the 72-year-old president: that she has not tackled the country’s myriad problems with sufficient energy.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2011

It pleaseth them to be magnifical, And of their special graces to vouchsafe A counterview of pages and of shields, And countermessage by us heralds done; A favour which they seldom grant to foes.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew