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Counterattractive

Adjective

Definitionen

1.AdjectiveActing as a counterattraction; counterattracting.
2.Adjective↑ English Word-formation by Laurie Bauer (1983; Cambridge University Press; →ISBN, 9780521284929); § 7.4.2.7 — “An outline of English word-formation”: “Prefixation”: Class-maintaining prefixes: Prefixes added to nouns, verbs and adjectives; page 220 counter- Marchand (1969: § 3.13) notes this prefix as being used with nouns and verbs with the occasional deverbal adjective. Recent examples, however, also include adjectives. Recent examples on a nominal base are counterculture, countereffect, counterstrike; on a verbal base counterdemonstrate; on an adjectival base counterattractive, counterintuitive, counterproductive. The prefix still seems to be extremely productive.
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