counterprotest

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counterprotest

noun counterprotests

  1. A protest held in opposition to another protest.

    Similar: counterdemonstration

verb counterprotests · counterprotesting · counterprotested

  1. ambitransitive To protest in opposition to another protest. In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”

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@misc{counterprotest_2026,
  title = {counterprotest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/counterprotest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}