To stir up opposition or agitate against another person's agitation or campaign.
Counter- + agitate (to disturb or excite emotion). This word emerged in political and social contexts to describe efforts to oppose activist movements.
When activists protest something, counteragitate groups protest their protest—it's activism against activism, creating a cultural tug-of-war that shapes politics.
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