Meanings
plural counterimages
- An image that counters or contradicts another.
So the high-powered Russian delegation of political and business leaders spent part of the past week trying to project a counterimage, buttressed by slabs of statistics to display economic growth and sober stewardship in the service of market freedoms that should not alarm the West.
2007 January 29, Alan Cowell, “Russia Turns to Spin to Redefine Itself and Reassure the West”, in New York TimesSynonyms: counterpicture
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn image that counters or contradicts another.
Origin
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counterimage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterimage
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