counterinitiative

noun

An initiative opposing another initiative.

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Meanings

nouncounterinitiative (plural counterinitiatives)

plural counterinitiatives

  1. An initiative opposing another initiative.

    But now a legislative battle looms over the gun lobby’s brazen counterinitiative to legalize concealed weapons on campus.

    2007 August 22, “Virginia’s Gun Market”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + initiative.

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APA

counterinitiative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterinitiative

MLA

“counterinitiative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterinitiative. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterinitiative,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterinitiative.

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