Definition of "counterchange" []

• To cause to change places; transpose. (verb-transitive)
• To make checkered; variegate. (verb-transitive)

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• "Using samples from his illustrious career, he takes the reader through his thought process and explains principles both basic (setting up an efficient studio, thumbnail sketches) and advanced (shapewelding, counterchange, flagging the head)."
• "If you're angry and resentful, requests for change will be met with resistance and counterchange efforts: "It's not my problem; it's your problem.""
• "So it went, change and counterchange, and the assortment of animals was depleted on both sides."