counterfinalities

A form of counterfinality — A set of circumstances in which one phenomenon (such as a group of people) opposes or undermines another phenomenon that produces or sustains it (for example, peasants deforesting hillsides in order to expand cultivatable land, resulting in flooding and the loss of the same).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of counterfinality
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counterfinalities. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfinalities

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

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

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