Meanings
- uncountablePsychological programming carried out to combat the effects of earlier programming.
Synonyms: deprogramming
- uncountablebroadcastingThe deliberate scheduling of shows of a different kind from rival channels at the same time.
Trump, meanwhile, has been throwing out different ideas for his own counterprogramming during the debate, the sources say, including sitting down with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and calling into the different cable news shows.
2023 August 16, Alayna Treene, “Trump plots counterprogramming for GOP primary debate, sources say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPsychological programming carried out to combat the effects of earlier programming.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Old Frenchcontre-
- Anglo-Normancountre-
- Middle Englishcounter-
- Englishcounter-
- Englishprogramming
- Englishcounterprogramming
From counter- + programming.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
counterprogramming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterprogramming
“counterprogramming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterprogramming. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterprogramming,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterprogramming.
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