counterimpulse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

"If the presence of a counterimpulse were sufficient to determine a mistake all of us should and would be constantly making mistakes."
"In the conflict theory, there is an impulse or a motive, and an opposing counterimpulse or countermotive."
"This counterimpulse tends to embrace everything difficult and European with juvenile zeal."

From counter- + impulse.

counterimpulses (plural)

How to pronounce counterimpulse

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “counterimpulse”.

Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.

Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “counterimpulse”.

Repeat and practice — Say “counterimpulse” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.