counterattraction

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ attraction

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakʃən/

Noun

counterattraction (plural counterattractions)

1. Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.
   • 1956, January 31^st: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
   • 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN

     The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.

Related terms

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