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Meaning of counterattraction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakʃən/

Definitions

Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.

Examples

“1956, January 31ˢᵗ: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:”
“1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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