counterpoint
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌpɔɪnt/
:
contrapunto
- A pair of jays swooped overhead, their cries a harsh counterpoint to an otherwise peaceful scene.
- provide a counterpoint
- offers a counterpoint
- interesting counterpoint
It's very well established as the counterpoint, the pro sprawl argument.
- It's very well established as the counterpoint, the pro sprawl argument.
- So yeah, this is to illustrate that the poem sort of takes place in this counterpoint of two shapes.
- Leo Lewis writes in the FT that there are currently some compelling counterpoints to the gloom in Japan.
- I don't know if it's worth saying on the record again for the for the final draft, but the main counterpoint I always hear is it's just a word.
- And the, the counterpoint to this is the parasympathetic, which is rest and digest and restore.
- And Hemingway's writing is the kind of the counterpoint to a flowery, to heroic to a romantic kind of writing.
- Are they buying up outlets that might have been competitive or silencing buying up outlets that would offer a competitive counterpoint, counter speech?
- I thought that you raised sort of good counterpoints to some of Bernie's ideas that I feel like, you know, people might want to hear addressed.
- But I think a counterpoint to that is that we're not always the most objective when it comes to our decision making, Right?
- And, and the other counterpoint to that was the profane.
- So this has been something that has been kind of a strange counterpoint, but it's been very much appreciated.
- And the only counterpoint to that is some form of off off platform Bitcoin or cryptocurrency potentially.
- But it's fun to have a dark counterpoint to hold yourself accountable and be like maybe it is that or not that.
Examples
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Because he feels it provides an interesting counterpoint to his otherwise callous personality.
Fiction book (1994) -
The images provide a second text in counterpoint with the words.
Academic text (1993) -
But I think a counterpoint to that is that we're not always the most objective when it comes to our decision making, Right?
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But he quickly saw that his fear was a counterpoint to the fear of those awaiting him.
Fiction book (1990) -
The counterpoint to greed is love, the love of family, the love of relationship, the love of hope.
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Certainly, it is a useful corrective and counterpoint to the views of the World Bank.
Academic text (1991) -
Looking back, I realize that student voices brought a healthy counterpoint to the traditional top-down policy of creating and implementing procedures.
Academic text (2013) -
The message is one of conversion, spiritual release, and belonging, a counterpoint to the deportees' sense of desperation and dislocation.
Academic text (1999) -
The amiable chatter of the other patrons seemed part of nature, a random counterpoint to the percussive surf.
Fiction book (2002) -
The blue-green pots on the patio provide a cool counterpoint to the red trellis on the shed wall.
Synonyms
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4.1
The other side of something that shows a different, often negative, effect
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5.1
A reason that disagrees with another reason in a discussion
3
6.1
A new suggestion offered in reply to an earlier one
1
7.8
A way of putting two opposite ideas together to show contrast
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5.7
To balance something by adding weight or cancelling its effect
An argument that opposes another idea
An opinion that disagrees with another view
Antonyms
How Opposed
- Literature
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7.8
386
3.5
11
5.1
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6.2
179
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Counterpoint also comes from contra 'against' and punctum 'point', first used in music as 'notes against notes' and later used for any 'point against' another. So a counterpoint is a contrasting or balancing idea or element.