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counterpublic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌkaʊntəˈpʊblɪk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
- kount'əpŭbʹlĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌkaʊntəˈpʌblɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From counter- + public.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Opposing or serving as a counterbalance to the dominant public.
An account of this sort provides a historicized moral foundation for a conception of counterpublic spheres more capable of undertaking a (decentered and multifaceted) critique of systematically distorted communication.
2005, Andrew J. Pierce, Media Technology and Counterpublic Spheres:
counterpublic en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkaʊntəˌpʊblɪk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
- /ˈkaʊntəˌpʌblɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- kountʹəpŭb'lĭk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From counter- + public.
Meanings
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A group that stands in opposion to the dominant public.
It is incorrect to conceive of the black counterpublic as historically static or as ideologically cohesive at any given historical moment.
2010, Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought, page 6:In other words, with this book they form a “counterpublic” to what they saw as a dominant, adult-controlled public sphere.
2008, Patrick James Noonan, Creating a Counterpublic, page 5:
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