A person who participates in or advocates for counterterror operations, or relating to actions taken to prevent and combat terrorism.
From counterterror + -ist. This occupational or ideological suffix (-ist) converts counterterror into a person or advocate. The term emerged in late 20th-century military and security discourse.
Counterterrorist negotiations are a whole field where psychologists and linguists work together to talk terrorists down—it turns out that understanding someone's psychology is sometimes more effective than force!
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