counterpolicy

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noun

A policy that goes against another policy.

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Meanings

nouncounterpolicy (plural counterpolicies)

plural counterpolicies

  1. A policy that goes against another policy.

    Robert Bolton captured the general view when he explained that ambitious rulers "will not sticke to lie, dissemble, breake their words, forsweare, machiavellize, practice any policy or counterpolicy to honesty, reason, religion.”

    1970, Yale Historical Publications: Miscellany - Issue 92, page 9

Origin

From counter- + policy.

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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