counterprotest

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ protest.

Noun

counterprotest (plural counterprotests)

1. A protest held in opposition to another protest.

   Synonym: counterdemonstration

Verb

counterprotest (third-person singular simple present counterprotests, present participle counterprotesting, simple past and past participle counterprotested)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To protest in opposition to another protest.
   • 2020 August 26, Elaina Plott, “G.O.P. Women in Arizona Could Decide an Unexpected 2020 Battle”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     In April, for example, she attacked a group of health care workers in Colorado who had counterprotested against people calling for an end to stay-at-home orders, suggesting they were “actors playing parts.”