Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Opposite attraction; an attraction opposite and equal, according to the law of action and reaction; attraction of an opposite kind or in an opposite direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a rival attraction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that
vies for theattention of a person or thing incompetition with something else; arival forpreference .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rival attraction
Etymologies
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Examples
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Henchard left the house with a ton of conjecture, though without a grain of proof, that the counterattraction was
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Henchard left the house with a ton of conjecture, though without a grain of proof, that the counterattraction was Farfrae; and therefore he would not make up his mind.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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There was a counterattraction overcoming the constraining love of their Lord.
Sermons. [Vol. I.] 1808-1892 1843
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole Eamonn Mallie 2009
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole mick.fealty@gmail.com 2009
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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No deal is expected until 2012 at the earliest so the theme will be the counterattraction to independence, and will occupy what had been up to now a clear field for the SNP.
Slugger O'Toole Paschal.Donohoe@oireachtas.ie 2009
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