countersignal en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + signal.
Meanings
- A signal produced in response to another signal.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| countersignals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
countersignal en · VERB
Etymology
From counter- + signal.
Meanings
- (intransitive) To send a false or misleading signal.
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(intransitive) To send a contrasting signal.
Just as the logic of signaling attracts New Money to luxury, countersignaling directs the Old Money sensibility toward modesty.
2022, W. David Marx, chapter 5, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:But of course, Silicon Valley is a mecca of counter-signaling—witness the superstatus Zuckerbergian hoodie—and it's no surprise to discover that in the land of the billionaire dropout, an Internet entrepreneur like Thiel sees evidence that higher education inhibits innovation.
2012, New York Magazine's Most Popular:
- (transitive) To signal opposition to (someone or something); distance oneself from; disassociate.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| countersignaling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| countersignalling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| countersignals | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| countersignaled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| countersignaled | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |
| countersignalled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| countersignalled | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |