counterattraction

== English == === Etymology === From counter- +‎ attraction. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkaʊntəɹəˈtɹakʃən/ === Noun === counterattraction (plural counterattractions) Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference. 1956, January 31st: Alan Alexander Milne; quoted in: 1988: James B. Simpson, Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, № 4,393 (Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief — call it what you will — than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course. ==== Related terms ====