countermanifesto

noun

A manifesto opposing another manifesto.

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Meanings

nouncountermanifesto (plural countermanifestos)

plural countermanifestos

  1. A manifesto opposing another manifesto.

    In 1970, he wrote “Dare to Discipline,” a countermanifesto to the child-rearing techniques espoused by Benjamin Spock; it defended, among other things, spanking with a belt or a switch.

    2007 May 27, Jacob Heilbrunn, “The Gospel of Dobson”, in New York Times

Origin

From counter- + manifesto.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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