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counterpose
(redirected from counterposition)

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coun·ter·pose  (kountr-pz)
tr.v. coun·ter·posed, coun·ter·pos·ing, coun·ter·pos·es
To set in contrast, opposition, or balance.
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Verb1.counterpose - constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to
counterbalance, oppose - contrast with equal weight or force


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His work, claims the catalogue accompanying a sprawling five-part European retrospective that began last year and culminates in 2007, constitutes the most important counterposition to the revival of expressionist styles in early twenty-first-century painting.
The Opt-In Project derives its name as a counterposition to the "opt-out" trend, which points to the scores of women who obtain the highest levels of education, enter the workforce in record numbers, and then choose to leave employment.
The argumentative power of utilitarianism does not allow for a counterposition, whatever that might be.
 
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