counterstrategy

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noun

Any strategy designed to counter another, or to render something ineffective.

OriginEnglish strategy ← Middle English counter- ← Anglo-Norman countre- →
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Meanings

nouncounterstrategy (plural counterstrategies)

plural counterstrategies · alternative counter strategy · alternative counter-strategy

  1. Any strategy designed to counter another, or to render something ineffective.

    Any US counterstrategy will require a domestic, interagency, and multi-lateral approach to defend Taiwan's ability to resolve the conflict peacefully.

    2005 - Air & Space Power Journal fall 05

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Englishstrategy
  13. Englishcounterstrategy

From counter- + strategy.

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APA

counterstrategy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterstrategy

MLA

“counterstrategy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterstrategy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterstrategy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterstrategy.

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