countercause

noun

countercause

noun

Etymology From counter- + cause.

1

A cause that opposes or counteracts another cause.

Thus Edi Faal in the “Reginald Denny” case, and Johnnie Cochran in the “O.J. Simpson” case, developed countercauses that put the state itself on the defensive.2010, Lynn S. Chancer, High-Profile Crimes: When Legal Cases Become Social Causes, page 170:

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