counternarrative

American  

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

noun

plural

counternarratives

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

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Example Sentences

For a counternarrative, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, founded by New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos, and Acoma Sky City, considered the longest continuously inhabited community in North America, offer Indigenous history on Indigenous terms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

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