countercampaign
noun
coun·ter·cam·paign
ˌkau̇n-tər-(ˌ)kam-ˈpān 
variants
or counter-campaign
plural countercampaigns or counter-campaigns
: a campaign waged in opposition to another campaign
Conservatives slammed the law, claiming it discriminates against men and waged a counter-campaign.—
Anna Momigliano
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EAT-Lancet was met with a coordinated online countercampaign under the hashtag #yes2meat.
—Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 28 July 2021
Image Amazon’s countercampaign, both inside the warehouse and on a national stage, has zeroed in on pure economics: that its starting wage is $15 an hour, plus benefits.
—New York Times, 2 Mar. 2021
Latino literary critics called those claims outrageous and launched a countercampaign to get Mr. Anaya’s work and others by Latino authors into Arizona for community libraries near schools where the book was banned.
—Russell Contreras, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
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Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 28 July 2021
Image Amazon’s countercampaign, both inside the warehouse and on a national stage, has zeroed in on pure economics: that its starting wage is $15 an hour, plus benefits.
—New York Times, 2 Mar. 2021
Latino literary critics called those claims outrageous and launched a countercampaign to get Mr. Anaya’s work and others by Latino authors into Arizona for community libraries near schools where the book was banned.
—Russell Contreras, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
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“Countercampaign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countercampaign. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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