counternoise

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noun

A noise in response or opposition to another noise.

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Meanings

nouncounternoise (plural counternoises)

plural counternoises

  1. A noise in response or opposition to another noise.

    […] the production of counternoises (hissing, booing), over which the listeners at least had control, to drown out the uncontrollable and unintelligible music.

    1950, Reprints of the Publication of the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, page 72

Origin

From counter- + noise.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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