counterorganization
nounEtymology From counter- + organization.
1
An organization that counteracts or opposes another organization.
- Once revolutionary organizations had been driven from the field, it would then be necessary to fill the resulting void with counterorganizations.2008, Jason Conard Myers, Indirect Rule in South Africa, page 45:
2
The organization of something to counteract or oppose.
- The sixth function of parties is the obverse of controlling and coordinating the government, namely counterorganization for opposition or subversion.1977, Peter H. Merkl, Modern Comparative Politics, page 105: