counterinfluence
noun
coun·ter·in·flu·ence
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈin-ˌflü-ən(t)s
especially Southern -in-ˈflü-
variants
or counter-influence
plural counterinfluences or counter-influences
: an influence that opposes or counteracts another influence
… conscious of the capacities for evil which lie dormant in us all, and striving earnestly to open her heart to the counter-influence of her own better nature …—Wilkie Collins
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