Home › Words › C › countercausecountercausecountercause means A cause that opposes or counteracts another cause.EtymologyFrom counter- + cause.nounA cause that opposes or counteracts another cause.e.g.“Thus Edi Faal in the “Reginald Denny” case, and Johnnie Cochran in the “O.J. Simpson” case, developed countercauses that put the state itself on the defensive.” — 2010, Lynn S. Chancer, High-Profile Crimes: When Legal Cases Become Social Causes, page 170:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.counterevent 77% match — An event that counteracts or opposes another event. vs countercause →countereffect 76% match — An effect that is the opposite of another (especially another that has the same cause) vs countercause →counterprocess 75% match — A process that counteracts or opposes another process. vs countercause →counterfactor 74% match — Any factor that counters the effect of another vs countercause →counteractant 73% match — Anything that serves to counteract something else. vs countercause →counterlaw 73% match — A law that counteracts or opposes another law. vs countercause →counteractor 72% match — Something that counteracts. vs countercause →counterformula 72% match — A formula that counters or goes against another formula. vs countercause →