Counterview

Origin

- + view

Full definition of counterview

Noun

1. An opposing viewpoint.
2. A posture in which two persons face each other.
• MiltonWithin the gates of hell sat Death and Sin,
  In counterview.
• Sir W. HamiltonM. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix.
3. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
• Jonathan SwiftI have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview or contrast with that of the other company.