counterhearing

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noun

A usually unofficial, symbolic hearing held to highlight viewpoints excluded or underrepresented at another (usually the official) hearing.

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Meanings

nouncounterhearing (plural counterhearings)

plural counterhearings

  1. A usually unofficial, symbolic hearing held to highlight viewpoints excluded or underrepresented at another (usually the official) hearing.

    On March 19, the day the bill was heard by the JHCC, the PWA Coalition, led by Sullivan, organized a "counter-hearing" outside the chamber, since oral testimony in the hearing was prohibited.

    1990 April 21, Steve Rose, “Burroughs-Wellcome Rears Its Head Again”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Origin

From counter- + hearing.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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