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coun·ter·pose

(koun′tər-pōz′)

tr.v. coun·ter·posed, coun·ter·pos·ing, coun·ter·pos·es

To set in contrast, opposition, or balance.

counterpose

(ˈkaʊntəˌpəʊz)

vb (tr)

to place (something) in opposition to

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counterpose - constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

counterpoise, counterweight

counterbalance, oppose - contrast with equal weight or force

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It is to be hoped that it will not often happen that improper views will govern so large a proportion as two thirds of both branches of the legislature at the same time; and this, too, in spite of the counterposing weight of the Executive.

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The counterposing of collectivism and individualism that Silvia alludes to paints workers and their organizations invariably as a homogenous group unable to represent occupational or personal differences.

Stephen J. Silvia, Holding the Shop Together: German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era

But, as Chinese painters have long known, there are other ways to evoke space--most deftly by counterposing form with a vast emptiness.

The Temptation of Space

The juxtaposition, or rather counterposing, of these two writers is particularly effective, though what exactly Euripides's own views were--as opposed to those ascribed to his characters in dramatic situations-must remain a permanent mystery.

Reconstructing the Slave: The Image of the Slave in Ancient Greece

The Weird Affect, then, works through radical otherness, a counterposing alterity.

On monsters: or, nine or more (monstrous) not cannies

They discuss counterposing nossa and nuestra America; Iberoamerica, the Magna Patria, and the question of Brazil; monarchy's end and the South Americanization of Brazil; culture, humanism, and Brazil's place in the American utopia; and obscured by roots of Rodo in Raizes do Brasil.

Nossa and Nuestra America; inter-American dialogues

Given his rearing as the quintessential cosmopolitan internationalist, he now balances it by counterposing it with patriotic nationalism.

True Patriot Love: Four Generations in Search of Canada

Indeed, this book makes a unique contribution to the study of transnational social movements exactly because Smith's personal views are so evident and her counterposing of the democratic and the neoliberal globalizers is so convincing.