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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERPOWER

counterpower  [ˈkaʊntəˌpaʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERPOWER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Counterpower is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTERPOWER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Power (social and political)

In social science and politics, power is the ability to influence or control the behavior of people. The term authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings. In the corporate environment, power is often expressed as upward or downward. With downward power, a company's superior influences subordinates. When a company exerts upward power, it is the subordinates who influence the decisions of the leader. The use of power need not involve coercion. At one extreme, it more closely resembles what everyday English-speakers call influence, although some authors make a distinction between power and influence – the means by which power is used. Much of the recent sociological debate on power revolves around the issue of the enabling nature of power. A comprehensive account of power can be found in Steven Lukes Power: A Radical View where he discusses the three dimensions of power. Thus, power can be seen as various forms of constraint on human action, but also as that which makes action possible.

Definition of counterpower in the English dictionary

The definition of counterpower in the dictionary is an opposing power.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERPOWER


brainpower
ˈbreɪnˌpaʊə
candlepower
ˈkændəlˌpaʊə
disempower
ˌdɪsɪmˈpaʊə
empower
ɪmˈpaʊə
firepower
ˈfaɪəpaʊə
horsepower
ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə
hydropower
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌpaʊə
hyperpower
ˈhaɪpəˌpaʊə
impower
ɪmˈpaʊə
manpower
ˈmænˌpaʊə
micropower
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌpaʊə
multipower
ˈmʌltɪˌpaʊə
overpower
ˌəʊvəˈpaʊə
personpower
ˈpɜːsənˌpaʊə
power
ˈpaʊə
repower
riːˈpaʊə
superpower
ˈsuːpəˌpaʊə
warpower
ˈwɔːˌpaʊə
willpower
ˈwɪlˌpaʊə
womanpower
ˈwʊmənˌpaʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERPOWER

counterplay
counterplayer
counterplea
counterplead
counterplot
counterplotted
counterplotting
counterploy
counterpoint
counterpoise
counterpoise bridge
counterpose
counterpressure
counterproductive
counterproject
counterproof
counterproposal
counterprotest
counterpunch
counterpuncher

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERPOWER

air power
balance of power
braking power
buying power
corridors of power
electrical power
flower
flower power
girl power
green power
hard power
hydroelectric power
nuclear power
pulling power
purchasing power
solar power
spending power
staying power
thermal power
tidal power
wind power

Synonyms and antonyms of counterpower in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «counterpower» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERPOWER

Find out the translation of counterpower to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of counterpower from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counterpower» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

counterpower
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrapoder
570 millions of speakers

English

counterpower
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

counterpower
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

counterpower
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

counterpower
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contrapoder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

counterpower
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contre-pouvoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertolongan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegenmacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

counterpower
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

counterpower
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counterpower
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

counterpower
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

counterpower
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबंधात्मक शक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

counterpower
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contropotere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

counterpower
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

counterpower
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contraputere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιεξουσίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

counterpower
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

counterpower
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

counterpower
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counterpower

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERPOWER»

The term «counterpower» is normally little used and occupies the 148.043 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERPOWER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «counterpower» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «counterpower» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counterpower

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERPOWER»

Discover the use of counterpower in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counterpower and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Counterpower: Making Change Happen
Counterpower is the power to remove the power of the 'haves', and no major campaign has been successful without it.
Tim Gee, 2011
2
Struggles for an Alternative Globalization: An Ethnography ...
Through an anthropological study of a highly influential movement of French 'alterglobalization' activists, this book offers an ethnographic window onto the global movement against corporate capitalism and the neoliberal policies of the WTO ...
Mr Gwyn Williams, 2012
3
Power and counterpower: the union response to global capital
In this book the ICEM presents here a detailed and original analysis of the modern world, proposing new global trade union priorities and structures.
Pluto Press, International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions, 1996
4
Collected Papers of Stig Kanger with Essays on His Life and Work
Power, not immunity, counterpower, not counterimmunity. 2. Not power, immunity, not counterpower, counterimmunity. 3. Claim, not counterfreedom. 4. Not claim, power, immunity, counterfreedom, not counterpower, not counterimmunity. 5.
Stig Kanger, Ghita Holmström-Hintikka, Sten Lindström, 2001
5
Power of a Third Kind: The Western Attempt to Colonize the ...
The Western Attempt to Colonize the Global Village Hisham M. Nazer. America's exertion of power in its 14-1 vote in the Security Council to oppose Boutros-Ghali was given the highest possible media coverage. The counterpower was evident ...
Hisham M. Nazer, 1999
6
The Political Theory Reader
The concept of counterpower consists primarily of three elements: resistance, insurrection, and constituent power. It is important to recognize, however, that like the dominant concept of democracy also the dominant concept of counterpower ...
Paul Schumaker, 2010
7
The Nuclear Turning Point: A Blueprint for Deep Cuts and ...
Counterpower Targeting A third option is to target conventional military forces and defense industries critical to supporting a war effort.12 This counterpower strategy would avoid the instabilities associated with counterforce, because neither ...
Harold A. Feiveson, Bruce G. Blair, 2010
8
Reflections on Empire
This can be the case when one considers counterpower in the temporal dimension, and here in a perspective that is strongly foreshortened: then the nexus between resistance, insurrectionary activity and constituent power can be described in ...
Antonio Negri, 2008
9
Transnationalism, Activism, Art
As we have seen, for Hardt and Negri, 'the concept of counterpower consists primarily of three elements: resistance, insurrection, and constituent power,'39 factors that link together to oppose domineering power from above (the established ...
Kit Dobson, Áine McGlynn, 2013
10
The Path of Archaic Thinking: Unfolding the Work of John Sallis
It would be a power worked by a counterpower. But a counterpower that it would bear within itself. Thus a counterpower that it itself is and on the basis of which it will ultimately be instituted. The origin and the end of metaphysics would be the ...
Kenneth Maly, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERPOWER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counterpower is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Peoples Sovereignty vs Impunity Inc.
Impunity Inc.: Counterpower and Struggles for Justice” presents, in eight articles, various cases that aim to serve as tools of action for activists ... «Transnational Institute, Jul 15»
2
From punishment to acknowledgment: tribunals of opinion in …
... in other terms, a counterpower. Such mechanisms offer another voice–a voice supposed to be that of the people–which would allow to “brush ... «Open Democracy, May 15»
3
BRICS from below: counterpower movements in Brazil, India and …
Recent protest waves in Brazil, India and South Africa reveal clear patterns of what can be called counterpower movements, movements that ... «Open Democracy, Apr 15»
4
Past and Future Struggles for Indymedia: Lessons from Urbana …
The Fly-Over Infoshop receives letters and book requests from prisoners at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Ill., via The Counterpower Radio ... «Toward Freedom, Apr 15»
5
A Global NATO
My article “Hegemony, Equilibrium and Counterpower” asserts that global integration is necessary to achieve global peace. That idea was ... «International Policy Digest, Apr 15»
6
[Op-Ed] Bill Gates's Database of Global Citizens Will Not Be …
Power resists counterpower. Organizing is hard, and it requires a dynamic mix of creativity, mass participation, deep commitment and fortuitous ... «techPresident, Jan 15»
7
Performing popular justice: from the disappeared to the outraged
... and economic 'genocide', the performance of popular justice proposes the idea of counterpower as an immanent strategy of organization. «Open Democracy, Dec 14»
8
Is the Climate Justice Movement Ready to Scale-Jump Our Politics?
He also suggests that Latin American counterpower is vital to that struggle. Global pessimism and local optimism: that's how to quickly explain ... «teleSUR English, Dec 14»
9
The No State Solution: Institutionalizing Libertarian Socialism in …
... dual power one finds the goal of building, according to Janet Biehl in her aforementioned article, “a counterpower...against the nation state. «Truth-Out, Nov 14»
10
Libya in Chaos: Vijay Prashad on Rise of Islamist Militias & Bloody …
Its politics isn't the Takfiri-Salafi politics that's—. AMY GOODMAN: Wasn't it even supported by the Israeli government as a counterpower to their ... «Democracy Now, Aug 14»

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