counterwave

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ wave.

Noun

counterwave (plural counterwaves)

1. A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
   • 2008 February 16, Peter Steinfels, “Religious Right May Be Fading, but Not the ‘Culture Wars’”, in New York Times‎:

     Just as the message has apparently been heard, it has encountered a counterwave of books arguing that religion is totally unfit, not merely for public life, but for personal life as well.