countermarch
noun
coun·ter·march
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌmärch 
1
: a marching back
specifically
: a movement in marching by which a unit of troops reverses direction while marching but keeps the same order
2
: a march (as of political demonstrators) designed to counter the effect of another march
countermarch
intransitive verb
Examples of countermarch in a Sentence
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Meanwhile, pro-Taliban women held a countermarch, and a group wearing niqabs -- a conservative veil showing only their eyes -- sat in a Kabul University lecture hall on Saturday to hear speakers decry the liberal women who protested earlier in the week.
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Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021
Meanwhile, pro-Taliban women have held a countermarch, and a group wearing niqabs — a conservative face veil showing only their eyes — sat in a Kabul University lecture hall on Saturday to hear speakers inveigh against the liberal women who protested earlier in the week.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
Any attempt at reform — reestablishing classical and liberal conceptions of education in these institutions — would take a 50-year Gramscian countermarch of our universities.
—Garion Frankel, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022
The kitschy capitalism that runs rampant at the official Pride March has actually sparked a countermarch this year.
—Declan Leary, National Review, 2 July 2019
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Marches and countermarches, some of them related to other Confederate monuments but many not, are now being planned all over the country.
—David Kaiser, Time, 25 Aug. 2017
With more protests and countermarches from the government announced for the weeks ahead, the clashes seem likely to continue.
—Michael McCarthy, Washington Post, 1 May 2017
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Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2021
Meanwhile, pro-Taliban women have held a countermarch, and a group wearing niqabs — a conservative face veil showing only their eyes — sat in a Kabul University lecture hall on Saturday to hear speakers inveigh against the liberal women who protested earlier in the week.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
Any attempt at reform — reestablishing classical and liberal conceptions of education in these institutions — would take a 50-year Gramscian countermarch of our universities.
—Garion Frankel, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022
The kitschy capitalism that runs rampant at the official Pride March has actually sparked a countermarch this year.
—Declan Leary, National Review, 2 July 2019
Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter
Marches and countermarches, some of them related to other Confederate monuments but many not, are now being planned all over the country.
—David Kaiser, Time, 25 Aug. 2017
With more protests and countermarches from the government announced for the weeks ahead, the clashes seem likely to continue.
—Michael McCarthy, Washington Post, 1 May 2017
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“Countermarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countermarch. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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countermarch
noun
coun·ter·march
ˈkau̇nt-ər-ˌmärch
: a marching back
especially
: a maneuver by which a marching unit reverses direction but keeps the same order
countermarch
verb
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