countersignal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To signal opposition to (someone or something); distance oneself from; disassociate.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "But of course, Silicon Valley is a mecca of counter-signaling—witness the superstatus Zuckerbergian hoodie—and it's no surprise to discover that in the land of the billionaire dropout, an Internet entrepreneur like Thiel sees evidence that higher education inhibits innovation."
- "Just as the logic of signaling attracts New Money to luxury, countersignaling directs the Old Money sensibility toward modesty."