counterattraction

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ attraction

Pronunciation

Noun

counterattraction (plural counterattractions)

  1. Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.
    • 1956, January 31st: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in:
    • 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN
      The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.
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