Countersignal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Countersignal is a noun meaning A signal produced in response to another signal.
Meaning
A signal produced in response to another signal.
More Meanings
- To send a false or misleading signal.
- To send a contrasting signal.
- (transitive) To signal opposition to (someone or something); distance oneself from; disassociate.
Example Sentences
Just as the logic of signaling attracts New Money to luxury, countersignaling directs the Old Money sensibility toward modesty.
But of course, Silicon Valley is a mecca of counter-signaling—witness the superstatus Zuckerbergian hoodie—and it's no surprise to discover that in the land of the billionaire dropout, an Internet entrepreneur like Thiel sees evidence that higher education inhibits innovation.
Word Forms
- countersignals
- countersignaling
- countersignalling
- countersignaled
- countersignalled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include countergesture, counterresponse, countercall, counterprocess, counterimpulse, counterimage.
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