Definition of "counterattraction" [counterattraction]

• Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference. (noun)

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• "Henchard left the house with a ton of conjecture, though without a grain of proof, that the counterattraction was"
• "Henchard left the house with a ton of conjecture, though without a grain of proof, that the counterattraction was Farfrae; and therefore he would not make up his mind."
• "There was a counterattraction overcoming the constraining love of their Lord."