counterreformation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of counterreformation
1830–40; counter- + reformation, as translation of German Gegenreformation
Example Sentences
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In the spirit of the Habsburg counterreformation, ornate churches, Baroque palaces and statues of saints sprung up across the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Jerry Brown, onetime Jesuit seminarian, believes that sin is original and selfish instincts natural, and he also suspects that America is experiencing a "counterreformation" � against the expansive governmental policies of past years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like them, it bears the theological imprint of a reclusive Swiss theologian, Father Hans Urs von Balthasar, who is the intellectual leader of the more moderate elements in the European wing of the counterreformation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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