counterorganization
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
counterorganization (countable and uncountable, plural counterorganizations)
- (countable) An organization that counteracts or opposes another organization.
- 2008, Jason Conard Myers, Indirect Rule in South Africa, page 45:
- Once revolutionary organizations had been driven from the field, it would then be necessary to fill the resulting void with counterorganizations.
- (uncountable) The organization of something to counteract or oppose.
- 1977, Peter H. Merkl, Modern Comparative Politics, page 105:
- The sixth function of parties is the obverse of controlling and coordinating the government, namely counterorganization for opposition or subversion.