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Counteractive

adjective
1.
Opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action.





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"Counteractive" Quotes from Famous Books



... hoped much from the Chon-do Kyo, a powerful movement encouraged by the authorities because they thought that it would be a valuable counteractive to Christianity. Its leader was Son Pyung-hi, an old Korean friend of Japan. As far back as 1894, when the Japanese arranged the Tong-hak Rebellion in Korea, to give them an excuse for provoking war with China, Son was one of their leading agents. He believed that Western influence ...
— Korea's Fight for Freedom • F.A. McKenzie


Words linked to "Counteractive" :   active, counteract


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