counterexposition en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + exposition.
Meanings
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An exposition that responds to, or counters, another exposition.
The process, repeated, forms an exposition answered with a finale or counterexposition. The root of fugue is flight or fleeing and in musicology is eventually connected to a flight of fancy that brings us back to fantasia.
2009, Peter Hitchcock, The Long Space: Transnationalism and Postcolonial Form, page 222:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterexpositions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |