counterview

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ view

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌvjuː/

Noun

counterview (countable and uncountable, plural counterviews)

1. (countable) An opposing viewpoint.
2. A posture in which two persons face each other.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Within the Gates of Hell sate Sin and Death,
     In counterview

   • 1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform:

     M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix.

3. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
   • 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “An Introduction to the Following Treatise”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […] B[enjamin] Motte […], published 1738, →OCLC, page lxi:

     I have drawn ſome Lines of Sir John Linger's Character, the Derbyſhire Knight, on purpoſe to place it in Counter-view or Contraſt with that of the other Company […]