counterprogramming en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English programming English counterprogramming From counter- + programming.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Psychological programming carried out to combat the effects of earlier programming.
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(uncountable) The deliberate scheduling of shows of a different kind from rival channels at the same time.
Trump, meanwhile, has been throwing out different ideas for his own counterprogramming during the debate, the sources say, including sitting down with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and calling into the different cable news shows.
2023 August 16, Alayna Treene, “Trump plots counterprogramming for GOP primary debate, sources say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023: