Meaning of counterattractive | Babel Free

Definitions

Acting as a counterattraction; counterattracting.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“In the struggle⟳ against the influence⟳ of such revelations, the counterattractive force⟳ of appeals to consider⟳ British interests was weakening.”

“He saw⟳ the relations among prices of land⟳, corn, flour, and bread as dependent on “growth of the power of association” which makes “circulation” more rapid “as the attractive and counterattractive forces increase⟳ in their intensity.””

“Brian Harrison rechnet in Drink⟳ and the Victorians die⟳ MH zurecht zu den “counterattractive influences which fostered sobriety during the 19th Century”¹⁰⁰ und betont wie schon die⟳ MH-Manager, daß die⟳ MH keine rein männliche Domäne war wie das Pub, sondern Familienunterhaltung bot und damit eine wichtige Forderung der Temperenzler erfüllte.”

“As John Rule⟳ has observed, in this context Methodism must be considered a counterattractive, as well as a counteractive, force⟳, for it provided its own⟳ alternative, “improving,” “respectable” recreations, which were assimilated into the calendars of local society.⁵⁵”

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