Counterview

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterview \Coun"ter*view`\ (koun"t?r-v?`), n.
     1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in
        which two persons front each other.
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              Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin,


              In counterview.                       --Milton
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              M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his
              preface and appendix.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     2. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each
        other by opposition; contrast.
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              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.
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