counterbetrayal

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noun

A betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.

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Meanings

nouncounterbetrayal (countable and uncountable, plural counterbetrayals)

plural counterbetrayals

  1. countableuncountableA betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.

    Ms. Atwood’s spins out her plot as busily as a spider, constructing an intricate web that ensnares Charmaine and Stan in a dizzying game of betrayal and counterbetrayal involving extramarital affairs, human-organ trafficking, blackmail, espionage, identity theft and sex-bot manufacturing.

    2015 September 29, Sarah Lyall, “Review: Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’ Conjures a Kinky Dystopia”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + betrayal.

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APA

counterbetrayal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbetrayal

MLA

“counterbetrayal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbetrayal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterbetrayal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterbetrayal.

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