counter-influence
noun[C]
(alsocounterinfluence)uk/ˈkaʊn.tərˌɪn.flu.əns/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌɪn.flu.əns/aninfluencethat has a different, oftenopposite,effectto anotherinfluence:
Outdooractivitiesprovidedwelcomecounter-influences totimespentonline.
We mustconsiderexposurenot only toourownmessages, but to thevariouscompetitivemessagesthatworkas counterinfluences.
- Herhomeenvironment, withitsSpanish-speakingassociations,provideda counter-influence toEnglish.
- I can’tseeany counter-influencesdevelopingthat mightreversethesetrends.
- In thecaseof Switzerland, Zurich as astronglyeconomicallyfocusedcityactsas a counter-influence to the moresociallyandpoliticallyfocusedGeneva.
Changing your mind
- 180
- about-face
- about-turn
- back away
- back out
- cave in
- cold
- come round
- move
- oscillate
- oscillation
- pendulum
- pull
- pull out
- realign
- think better ofsomethingidiom
- time-server
- time-serving
- volte-face
- walk