counterdiscourse

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ discourse

Noun[edit]

counterdiscourse (plural counterdiscourses)

  1. (social sciences) A way of thinking that opposes an institutionalized discourse.
    • 1999, Greg Carey, Elusive Apocalypse: Reading Authority in the Revelation to John:
      Counterdiscourses such as postcolonial and resistance literatures struggle with their hybrid nature. They generally find it necessary to appropriate the language and techniques of the center which they oppose.
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