Counterattraction
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Counterattraction is a noun meaning Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.
Meaning
Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.
Example Sentences
1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.
Word Forms
- counterattractions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rivalry, rival, concurrent, counter, counterenergy, counteraction.
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