countercry

noun

coun·​ter·​cry ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkrī 

variants or counter-cry

plural countercries or counter-cries

: a cry made in response to another cry

The cry had been raised to save the splendid pile, and the counter-cry … to save it from being saved.

—Henry James

All through the South and West, Elvis is packing theaters … and filling letters-to-the-editor columns with cries of alarm and, from adolescents, counter-cries of adulation.

—Time

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above