"counterdistinction" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1987 December 13, Donald Stone, “Ned Rorem's Nantucket Diary”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 9",
          "text": "Rorem decries our fascination with performers in counterdistinction to the modest interest paid to those who write the music performed.",
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