counterinterpretation

noun

An interpretation that goes against another interpretation.

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Meanings

nouncounterinterpretation (countable and uncountable, plural counterinterpretations)

plural counterinterpretations

  1. countableuncountableAn interpretation that goes against another interpretation.

    I ask because when historians of any era run out of new things to say, they inevitably turn to a counterinterpretation.

    2009 April 9, “The New Deal Revisionists: Will They Ever Learn?”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + interpretation.

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Translations

Italian controinterpretazione
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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