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Meaning of counterimpulse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

An impulse that runs counter to another impulse.

Examples

“If the presence of a counterimpulse were sufficient to determine a mistake all of us should and would be constantly making mistakes.”
“In the conflict theory, there is an impulse or a motive, and an opposing counterimpulse or countermotive.”
“This counterimpulse tends to embrace everything difficult and European with juvenile zeal.”

CEFR level

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