counterinterpretation

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Englisch

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Etymology

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From counter- +‎ interpretation.

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counterinterpretation (countable and uncountable, plural counterinterpretations)

  1. An interpretation that goes against another interpretation.
    • 2009 April 9, “The New Deal Revisionists: Will They Ever Learn?”, in New York Times[1]:
      I ask because when historians of any era run out of new things to say, they inevitably turn to a counterinterpretation.

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