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counterreformation
[ koun-ter-ref-er-mey-shuhn ]
noun
- a reformation opposed to or counteracting a previous reformation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of counterreformation1
1830–40; counter- + reformation, as translation of German Gegenreformation
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