counterdifficulty

noun

A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.

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Meanings

nouncounterdifficulty (plural counterdifficulties)

plural counterdifficulties

  1. A difficulty arising in response to another difficulty.

    It is profoundly changed in ways that don't have to be unchanged or create counterdifficulties in the process.

    1994, United States, United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, Library of Congress Personnel Policies and Procedures: Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, March 18 and 24, 1993, page 29

Origin

From counter- + difficulty.

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APA

counterdifficulty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdifficulty

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“counterdifficulty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdifficulty. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterdifficulty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdifficulty.

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