Counterpoint

Definitions

1. A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
   countable, uncountable
3. An opposite point.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I noticed […] that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound⟳ plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.”

“As counterpoints to the glamorous looks of 1980s models such as Chistie Brinkley and Heidi Klum, heroin chic looks such as Kate Moss were thin to the point⟳ of anorectic gauntness.”

“[…] Priests; who affecting in them selves and their followers a certein Angelical puritie, fell sodainly to the very counterpoint of justifying bestialitie.”

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