counterprophecy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ prophecy

Noun[edit]

counterprophecy (plural counterprophecies)

  1. A prophecy predicting the opposite of another prophecy.
    • 2008 June 18, Alastair Macaulay, “Ballet Theater’s Revised ‘Beauty’ Spotlights a Very Busy Prince”, in New York Times[1]:
      Although she tends not to be a dance actor of spontaneity, she was suddenly vivid in her mime reply to Carabosse and her calm counterprophecy, judiciously timed.