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counterdiscourse en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + discourse.

Meanings

  1. A way of thinking that opposes an institutionalized discourse.
    • 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. 1999, Greg Carey, Elusive Apocalypse: Reading Authority in the Revelation to John:

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