counterformula

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noun

A formula that counters or goes against another formula.

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Meanings

nouncounterformula (plural counterformulas or counterformulae)

plural counterformulas · plural counterformulae

  1. A formula that counters or goes against another formula.

    In this sense, Nietzsche's preface in rhymes offers counterformulas to the ones we actually learned as toddlers.

    2000, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science, page 39

Origin

From counter- + formula.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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