counter-strategist
noun[ C ]
(alsocounterstrategist)uk /ˈkaʊn.təˌstræt.ə.dʒɪst/ us /ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌstræt̬.ə.dʒɪst/
someone who creates strategies(= detailed plans for achieving something) intended to make another strategy less successful:
The leader has been described as a master counter-strategist.
The counterstrategists failed to anticipate the course of the revolution.
Related word
counter-strategy
What the team needs is a clever counter-strategist.
Both the strategist of revolutionary war and the counter-strategist must anticipate the next phase of the war.
The counterstrategist recognizes the vulnerabilities that may lead to some kind of reversal of fortune.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Plans and arrangements
accommodation
appointed
arrangement
arranger
backstop
blueprint
counter-tactic
design
done
exit strategy
formulation
non-programme
package deal
party line
plan of action
planning
policy
policy-maker
preparation
walk-in
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