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countersurveillance

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The art or practice of evading surveillance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • countersurveillance measures
  • Conduct countersurveillance: survey your surroundings to be sure no one is surveilling you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: antisurveillance

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English surveillance English countersurveillance From counter- + surveillance.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vastatiedustelu — the art of evading surveillance
  • French: contre-surveillance — the art of evading surveillance
  • German: Überwachungsabwehr — the art of evading surveillance
  • Polish: kontrinwigilacja — the art of evading surveillance
  • Portuguese: contravigilância — the art of evading surveillance
  • Russian: контрнаблюде́ние (kontrnabljudénije) — the art of evading surveillance
  • Spanish: contravigilancia — the art of evading surveillance