Definition of countermovement
plural countermovements
or counter-movements
1
: a movement in an opposite direction
- She observed that whenever the body abruptly moves one way, there is a fallout of countermovements and readjustments …
- —Paul Trachtman
- Suburban stress has not produced any large-scale countermovement back to the cities or out to the countryside, however.
- —William Schneider
2
: an organized movement that arises in opposition to something
- Opponents labeled the whole program socialistic, and, in the 1960s, a strong countermovement developed …
- —The Bangor Daily News
