counterpublic

English

From counter- +‎ public.

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kount'əpŭbʹlĭk, IPA^(key): /ˌkaʊntəˈpʌblɪk/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˌkaʊntəˈpʊblɪk/

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kountʹəpŭb'lĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntəˌpʌblɪk/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊntəˌpʊblɪk/

counterpublic (not comparable)

Opposing or serving as a counterbalance to the dominant public.
- 2005, Andrew J. Pierce, Media Technology and Counterpublic Spheres:
  An account of this sort provides a historicized moral foundation for a conception of counterpublic spheres more capable of undertaking a (decentered and multifaceted) critique of systematically distorted communication.

counterpublic (plural counterpublics)

A group that stands in opposion to the dominant public.
- 2008, Patrick James Noonan, Creating a Counterpublic, page 5:
  In other words, with this book they form a “counterpublic” to what they saw as a dominant, adult-controlled public sphere.
- 2010, Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought, page 6:
  It is incorrect to conceive of the black counterpublic as historically static or as ideologically cohesive at any given historical moment.