n. Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a rival attraction.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Opposite attraction; an attraction opposite and equal, according to the law of action and reaction; attraction of an opposite kind or in an opposite direction.
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n. a rival attraction
Word Usage
"Henchard left the house with a ton of conjecture, though without a grain of proof, that the counterattraction was"