English

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Etymology

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counter- +‎ noise

Noun

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counternoise (plural counternoises)

  1. A noise in response or opposition to another noise.
    • 1950, Reprints of the Publication of the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, page 72:
      [] the production of counternoises (hissing, booing), over which the listeners at least had control, to drown out the uncontrollable and unintelligible music.