counterbetrayal
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]counterbetrayal (countable and uncountable, plural counterbetrayals)
- A betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.
- 2015 September 29, Sarah Lyall, “Review: Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’ Conjures a Kinky Dystopia”, in New York Times[1]:
- Ms. Atwood’s spins out her plot as busily as a spider, constructing an intricate web that ensnares Charmaine and Stan in a dizzying game of betrayal and counterbetrayal involving extramarital affairs, human-organ trafficking, blackmail, espionage, identity theft and sex-bot manufacturing.