"counterspectacle" meaning in All languages combined

See counterspectacle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: counterspectacles [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + spectacle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|spectacle}} counter- + spectacle Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterspectacle (plural counterspectacles)
  1. A spectacle set up in opposition to another.

Inflected forms

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