counterbetrayal en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + betrayal.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.
Ms. Atwood’s spins out her plot as busily as a spider, constructing an intricate web that ensnares Charmaine and Stan in a dizzying game of betrayal and counterbetrayal involving extramarital affairs, human-organ trafficking, blackmail, espionage, identity theft and sex-bot manufacturing.
2015 September 29, Sarah Lyall, “Review: Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’ Conjures a Kinky Dystopia”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterbetrayals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |