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counterpoint
noun as in contrast
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Reprinted by permission of Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint.
A cold salad with French string beans is the perfect counterpoint.
He hopes it will stand as a counterpoint to the divisiveness of extremism.
Yet another counterpoint emerges here in the person of Robert Todd Lincoln, his eldest son, who wants to join the Army.
In some respects, Yale presents a counterpoint, where secret societies are not a huge party scene and keep a low profile.
Both Fontana and Sowinski say that he went through a complete course of counterpoint and composition.
The warring counterpoint of the two orchestras only added to the lawless excitement of the throng.
He trained Wilhelmine in music, till thorough-bass, counterpoint, and the rest became to her an easy exercise.
On his writing desk I found a few passages from his first lesson in counterpoint.
The earlier obbligato accompaniment gave way to an obbligato style of writing which rested to a greater extent on counterpoint.
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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to counterpoint, such as: antithesis, contradiction, contradistinction, differentiation, disagreement, and inverse.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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