counterdemonstrator

noun

Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time

OriginEnglish demonstrator ← Middle English counter- ← Anglo-Norman countre- →
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Meanings

nouncounterdemonstrator (plural counterdemonstrators)

plural counterdemonstrators

  1. Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time

    I don't condone the crude and racist slogans that spontaneous counterdemonstrators yelled at the pro-Palestinian protestors.

    1988 June 3, Elliot Zashin, “Demonstration: An Incomplete Picture”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
counterprotester

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Englishdemonstrator
  13. Englishcounterdemonstrator

From counter- + demonstrator.

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Cite this entry
APA

counterdemonstrator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdemonstrator

MLA

“counterdemonstrator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdemonstrator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterdemonstrator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdemonstrator.

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