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counter-influence
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterinfluence)uk /ˈkaʊn.tərˌɪn.flu.əns/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌɪn.flu.əns/
an influence that has a different, often opposite, effect to another influence:
Outdoor activities provided welcome counter-influences to time spent online.
We must consider exposure not only to our own messages, but to the various competitive messages that work as counterinfluences.
Her home environment, with its Spanish-speaking associations, provided a counter-influence to English.
I can’t see any counter-influences developing that might reverse these trends.
In the case of Switzerland, Zurich as a strongly economically focused city acts as a counter-influence to the more socially and politically focused Geneva.
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180
about-face
about-turn
back away
back out
cave in
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time-server
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