counterbetrayal

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ betrayal

Noun

counterbetrayal (countable and uncountable, plural counterbetrayals)

  1. A betrayal in response to a previous betrayal.
    • 2015 September 29, Sarah Lyall, “Review: Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Heart Goes Last’ Conjures a Kinky Dystopia”, in New York Times‎:
      Ms. Atwood’s spins out her plot as busily as a spider, constructing an intricate web that ensnares Charmaine and Stan in a dizzying game of betrayal and counterbetrayal involving extramarital affairs, human-organ trafficking, blackmail, espionage, identity theft and sex-bot manufacturing.
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