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counter-trend to something
collocation
(alsocountertrend to something)
a trend (= a general change or development) that is opposite to an existing trend:
Regionalization is a counter-trend to globalization.
By moving to Ireland, the family was following a counter-trend to the general trend.
"For Sale" signs in many areas reveal a distressing countertrend to the home-ownership boom.
See
counter-trend
There does not appear to be any counter-trend to the growth of professionalization.
They want to establish a counter-trend to the general tendency to give up regional ways of speaking in favour of non-regionalized ones.
This acquisition signals a countertrend to that exhibited by most corporations buying up companies in foreign markets.
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