run counter to

idiom

of a thing, such as a belief or theory

: to be opposed to : to disagree with

His theory ran counter to the beliefs of his time.

Examples of run counter to in a Sentence

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But other actions have run counter to that spirit of openness. —Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024

Prominent figures like the Florida surgeon general are responding to local outbreaks in ways that run counter to science and public health recommendations. —Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024

However, to merely dismiss all of the critics out of hand as insane or intolerant or anti-Semitic would ironically run counter to the spirit of Chen’s essay itself. —Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024

These conclusions apparently run counter to what the locals believe, since fishing interests and many Delta residents and businesses oppose the tunnel. —Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024

The United States has placed NSO on a Commerce Department blacklist prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with it because its tools run counter to U.S. interests. —Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024

Transparency Vows Homendy’s criticisms run counter to pledges of transparency by the US planemaker, which faces multiple probes and scrutiny from regulators, lawmakers and customers in response to the accident on an Alaska Airlines flight. —Alan Levin, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024

That may run counter to what the doom-meisters are telling you. —Moneyshow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

Attacking Fain on the heels of a major labor victory for Michigan autoworkers, however, may run counter to those efforts, Cabel Roe said. —Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024