counterimage

noun

coun·​ter·​im·​age ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈi-mij 

variants or counter-image

plural counterimages or counter-images

: an image that contradicts or is compared or contrasted with another image

… providing movie audiences with a counter-image to most of what Hollywood had said about African American women.

—Donald Bogle

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above