counterreformation

1. 1.

   a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation

   Broaderreformation

Other forms of counterreformation

plural

counterreformations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about counterreformation

What does counterreformation mean?

counterreformation means "a reformation intended to counter the results of a prior reformation".

How many syllables are in counterreformation?

counterreformation has 7 syllables and divides as co-un-ter-re-for-ma-tion under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.