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counter-convention
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterconvention)uk /ˌkaʊn.tə.kənˈven.ʃən/ us /ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚ.kənˈven.ʃən/
a convention(= large meeting) organized at the same time as another convention, especially as a protest:
Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to stage a counter-convention.
Some of the counter-convention events received a bit of news coverage, but most of their words went unreported.
Much of this discussion went on at what amounted to a counter-convention held across town.
It's just one of hundreds of counterconvention activities.
Tom Jackson will be speaking at the counterconvention.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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