"counternarrative" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counternarratives [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + narrative. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|narrative}} counter- + narrative Head templates: {{en-noun}} counternarrative (plural counternarratives)
  1. A narrative that goes against another narrative.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 4, in Merchants of Doubt:",
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          "text": "This past week[…] Republicans completed their journey through the looking-glass, spinning a new counternarrative of that deadly day. No longer content to absolve Mr. Trump, they concocted a version of events in which those accused of rioting were patriotic political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi was to blame for the violence.",
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