counterpoint

noun

relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent (exhibiting polyphony) yet independent in rhythm and contour

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Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/

Etymology: From Old French contrepointe, a corruption of coultepointe, from Latin culcita puncta, i.e. a stitched pillow or cover. See quilt.

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrāpūnctum. Equivalent to counter- + point.

To compose or arrange such music.
To serve as an opposing point against.
“[…] the dominant discourse on theory and method in the study of religions remains stuck on the debate about reductionism, which is in turn bent on representing the debate about theory and method in the study of religions as a choice between an unscientific phenomenology or an unsympathetic positivism (for phenomenology the idea that explanation is always 'bad' is perfectly counterpointed by the idea that religion is always 'good').”