The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterview \Coun"ter*view`\ (koun"t?r-v?`), n.
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An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.
Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview.
--MiltonM. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix.
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A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview, or contrast with that of the other company.
--Swift.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An opposing viewpoint. 2 A posture in which two persons face each other. 3 A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.
Usage examples of "counterview".
Meanwhile ere thus was sin'd and judg'd on Earth, Within the Gates of Hell sate Sin and Death, In counterview within the Gates, that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame Farr into CHAOS, since the Fiend pass'd through, Sin opening, who thus now to Death began.
Mean while, ere thus was sinned and judged on Earth, Within the gates of Hell sat Sin and Death, In counterview within the gates, that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame Far into Chaos, since the Fiend passed through, Sin opening.
I desired that the senate of Rome might appear before me, in one large chamber, and an assembly of somewhat a later age in counterview, in another.
I desired that the Senate of Rome might appear before me in one large chamber, and a modern representative206 in counterview in another.