counterprotest

noun, verb — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From counter- + protest.

A protest held in opposition to another protest.

verb

Etymology From counter- + protest.

Ambitransitive To protest in opposition to another protest.

In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”2020 August 26, Elaina Plott, “G.O.P. Women in Arizona Could Decide an Unexpected 2020 Battle”, in The New York Times:

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