counterbalance
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- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌbæləns/
- The new regulations serve as a counterbalance to the rapid expansion of corporate power.
- provides a counterbalance
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- If if we eliminate the word habits and discipline and all this stuff, what it sounds like is the counterbalance to human nature is sort of ritual.
- And, and of course he provides a lovely counterbalance to Louis Walsh, who I think everyone agrees is an awful man.
- In some sense, the, the mission and the work you're doing at open AI is like the counterbalance to that.
- So that's a great kind of counterbalance.
- Where's the, where's the, you know, the, the, the counterbalance to it all because there are too many miserable millionaires in the world.
Examples
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The practical subjects should be relaxing and serve as a counterbalance to those subjects that are not creative.
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Such groups define the pluralism of the state and act as a counterbalance to the developing power of the modern state.
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And they said we want it to be a, an equivalent counterbalance on the left to what the Moral Majority is on the right.
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The United States thus has a vital role to play as a counterbalance to an assertive China and an independent Japan.
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The rise of Brazil and, to a somewhat lesser extent, Mexico will create an emerging counterbalance to the United States south of its border.
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EPIC quickly became an effective counterbalance to intelligence agencies that were trying to gain broad wiretap powers on the Internet.
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This was a really necessary counterbalance to what had been a year of non-stop going to other unfamiliar places.
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Peter Damian's theology provided a counterbalance to the increasingly excessive claims of papal authority.
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Although Romanticism is a valuable counterbalance to the sometimes cold rationality of Enlightenment thought, it can become dangerous if taken too far.
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You know, Larry, belief in the hereafter is a very healthy counterbalance to all the conflicting doubts man is plagued with these days.
Synonyms
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6.2
Something that contrasts with or balances another thing
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5.3
A weight that balances another weight in machines like cranes or elevators
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4.2
Something that reduces a bad effect, for example a tax credit
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An action that reduces or stops the effect of something
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A weight or tool that makes two sides level on a beam
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A person or tool that keeps something level
A person or thing that balances another one
Pressure that pushes back against another force to balance or resist it
A movement in the opposite direction to balance another movement
Antonyms
How Balanced
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Morphology
Etymology
Counterbalance comes from two parts: counter meaning 'against' and balance meaning 'to make even' or 'scales'. So a counterbalance is a weight or force put 'against' something to keep it even or steady.