countertext

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noun

A text that opposes another, often by presenting similar events from a different perspective.

“Alice Randall's novel "The Wind Done Gone" is a countertext to Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind".”

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Meanings

nouncountertext (plural countertexts)

plural countertexts

  1. human sciencesA text that opposes another, often by presenting similar events from a different perspective.

    Alice Randall's novel "The Wind Done Gone" is a countertext to Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind".

Origin

From counter- + text.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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