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

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above