counterspectacle en · NOUN
Etymology
From counter- + spectacle.
Meanings
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A spectacle set up in opposition to another.
Perhaps in the world's destruction it would be possible at last to see how it was made. Oceans, mountains. The ponderous counterspectacle of things ceasing to be.
2006, Cormac McCarthy, The Road:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterspectacles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |