counterprotest

noun

coun·​ter·​pro·​test ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌprō-ˌtest How to pronounce counterprotest (audio)
variants or counter-protest
plural counterprotests or counter-protests
: a protest staged to counter or oppose another protest
A rally … got heated Saturday afternoon. Police stepped in to help de-escalate tensions after a counterprotest emerged …Colleen MacDonald
counterprotester noun
or counter-protester
plural counterprotesters or counter-protesters
Standing near the back of the crowd at yesterday's rally were about a dozen counterprotesters Sue Young Wilson
Nazis may still march, but they are inevitably outnumbered by counter-protesters. Ellis Cose

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Yoon's conservative supporters, meanwhile, have held counterprotests, denouncing attempts to impeach the president. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024 Several weeks later, Hefazat, which had been formed just three years earlier, staged counterprotests that mobilized several hundred thousand people. Michael Kugelman, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2017 The Los Angeles campus became a hotbed of protest and counterprotest activity throughout much of the spring semester. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024 At a time when reflexive rage is the go-to mode across the ideological spectrum, Despentes has grabbed the mic to offer a kind of counterprotest to the social-media backlash. Marc Weingarten, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for counterprotest 

Word History

First Known Use

1595, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of counterprotest was in 1595

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“Counterprotest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterprotest. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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