counterview

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ view

Noun

counterview (plural counterviews)

1. An opposing viewpoint.
2. A posture in which two persons face each other.
   • Milton

     Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, / In counterview.

   • Sir W. Hamilton

     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.
   • Jonathan Swift

     I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview or contrast with that of the other company.