countercapital
Collocations
4ADJ.
based, many
COUNTERCAPITAL + NOUN
republic's, west
PREP.
in
ADV.
economically
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noun
A city other than the official capital that serves as a base of power and influence.
In the last third of the century Medelh'n in fact, as well as in the minds of the antioqueños, stood as an economically based countercapital in the west.
From November 1920 on, Sun lived in Canton, which was becoming in the minds of many Chinese a countercapital to the republic's nominal capital at Peking.
Possessions, knowledge, and resources that support an alternative to the dominant culture
Further, this imported 'counter-habitas' and 'cultural counter-capital' frictionally appreciates as pupils' experiences of schooling penetrate a system which depreciates their cultural currency.
Hacker spaces dot the unofficial landscapes of San Francisco and Oakland, nurturing support for WikiLeaks and other countercultural (and counter-capital) uses of high tech.
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3In the last third of the century Medelh'n in fact, as well as in the minds of the antioqueños, stood as an economically based countercapital in the west.
WiktionaryFrom November 1920 on, Sun lived in Canton, which was becoming in the minds of many Chinese a countercapital to the republic's nominal capital at Peking.
WiktionaryOver the last fifty years of the century, however, the insurance industry, while remaining vibrant in London, also wandered upcoast to serve the needs of the Liverpool slavers who had begun to dominat
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