COUNTERDEMONSTRATION Synonyms: 17 Similar Words

counterdemonstration

noun

as in protest

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Recent Examples of counterdemonstration And knowing that these neo-Nazis intend to show up during Pride month, activists hope that their celebratory counterdemonstrations and diversion measures may be enough to deter, humiliate, and push them out, one town at a time. — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 31 May 2023 The protests have drawn fierce and vocal counterdemonstrations and a substantial police presence of about 12-20 officers. — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023 In Efrat, a group of 20 young men and teenagers gathered on the pavement opposite the anti-government protest, trying to drown out the protesters with a counterdemonstration of their own. — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023 That Thursday, plainclothes police could be seen corralling Cairo residents into taking part in a pro-Sisi counterdemonstration. — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2022 The counterdemonstration, which was focused on the anti-trans protesters, repeatedly criticized police for their handling of the protests. — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022 Portland Detective Erik Kammerer did not have probable cause to direct officers to arrest a woman for spitting on the ground in front of a police riot control van during a downtown protest and counterdemonstration in 2019, a federal judge has ruled. — oregonlive, 4 May 2022 Dolloff was a security guard who was contracted through Pinkerton by CNN affiliate KUSA to accompany its reporting staff to a police support rally and a counterdemonstration, the station said in 2020. — Hannah Sarisohn. Cnn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022

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Noun

The videos fueled public outrage and days of protests in Oakland, including marches from Fruitvale station into downtown.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
The musical features an original score by Christopher Nightingale, Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, drawing on protest anthems, pop, rock, disco and the Welsh choral tradition.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

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Lawmakers from Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies staged a counterprotest, calling for a discussion on examination paper leaks.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
While at the park, he’s caught in a police sweep and counterprotest that turns violent; one protester’s eye is liquefied.

— Carolyn Kellogg, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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