counterargument

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ argument.

Pronunciation

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Noun

counterargument (plural counterarguments)

1. An argument that is opposed to another argument.
   • 2020 May 20, David Thrower, Ian Wray, “Revisiting the plan for developing the North's rail network”, in Rail, page 40:

     One argument is that "the virus has changed everything" and that people will work from home and travel much less, easing capacity pressures.
     But there is a counter argument whereby we may all discover that, longer-term, many jobs cannot after all be effectively carried out from home indefinitely.

Derived terms

• countercounterargument

 

Related terms

• counterargue
• counterargumentation
• counterargumentative
• counterexample

Translations

an argument that is opposed to another argument

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: protiargument (cs) m
• Dutch: tegenargument (nl) n
• Finnish: vastaväite (fi), vasta-argumentti (fi)
• French: contre-argument (fr) m
• German: Gegenargument (de) n
• Greek: αντεπιχείρημα (el) n (antepicheírima)
• Hungarian: ellenérv (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: contrādictiō (la) f
• Polish: kontrargument m
• Portuguese: contra-argumento (pt) m
• Romanian: contra argument
• Russian: контраргуме́нт (ru) m (kontrargumént)
• Spanish: contraargumento (es) m
• Swedish: motargument (sv) n
• Turkish: kontrargüman
• Ukrainian: контраргуме́нт m (kontrarhumént)