counterdisposition

noun

A disposition that opposes another disposition.

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Meanings

nouncounterdisposition (plural counterdispositions)

plural counterdispositions

  1. A disposition that opposes another disposition.

    Together, and among others, they have forged a different analytic to the comparativist one. I will call this counterdisposition relational and interactive rather than discretely comparativist.

    2015, Karim Murji, John Solomos, Theories of Race and Ethnicity, page 253

Origin

From counter- + disposition.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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