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The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever.
Chester Brown

Meaning of "counter-argument" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTER-ARGUMENT

counter-argument  [ˈkaʊntərˌɑːɡjʊment] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTER-ARGUMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Counter-Argument is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTER-ARGUMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Counterargument

In reasoning and argument mapping, a counterargument is an objection to an objection. A counterargument can be used to rebut an objection to a premise, a main contention or a lemma. Synonyms of counterargument may include rebuttal, reply, counterstatement, counterreason, comeback and response. The attempt to rebut an argument may involve generating a counterargument or finding a counterexample. To speak of counterarguments is not to assume that there are only two sides to a given issue nor that there is only one type of counterargument. For a given argument, there are often a large number of counterarguments, some of which are not compatible with each other. A counterargument might seek to cast doubt on facts of one or more of the first argument's premises, to show that the first argument's contention does not follow from its premises in a valid manner, or the counterargument might pay little attention to the premises and common structure of the first argument and simply attempt to demonstrate that the truth of a conclusion is incompatible with that of the first argument.

Definition of counter-argument in the English dictionary

The definition of counter-argument in the dictionary is an opposing argument.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTER-ARGUMENT


disorient
dɪsˈɔːrɪent
fent
fent
foreanent
fərəˈnent
forehent
fɔːˈhent
miscontent
ˌmɪskənˈtent
misorient
ˌmɪsˈɔːrɪent
ostent
ɒsˈtent
outwent
ˈaʊtˌwent
precent
priːˈsent
pschent
pskent
re-ascent
ˌriːəˈsent
re-cement
ˌriːsɪˈment
rerent
riːˈrent
Toshkent
tɒʃˈkent
Tradescant
ˈtrædɛskaent
underspent
ˌʌndəˈspent
unrent
ʌnˈrent
unsent
ʌnˈsent
untent
ʌnˈtent

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTER-ARGUMENT

counter
counter hand
counter jumper
counter staff
counter-gambit
counter-inflationary
counter-order
Counter-Reformation
counter-revolution
counter-revolutionaries
counter-revolutionary
counter-revolutionist
counter-shot
counter-stroke
counter-terrorist
counter-turn
counteract
counteraction
counteractive
counteractively

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTER-ARGUMENT

advertisement
ancient monument
argument
blunt instrument
discussion document
document
emolument
instrument
keyboard instrument
legal document
monument
musical instrument
national monument
negotiable instrument
offer document
percussion instrument
policy document
precision instrument
registration document
tegument
the Monument

Synonyms and antonyms of counter-argument in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «counter-argument» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTER-ARGUMENT

Find out the translation of counter-argument to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of counter-argument from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counter-argument» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反驳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contraargumento
570 millions of speakers

English

counter-argument
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जवाबी तर्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكافحة حجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контраргумент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contra-argumento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাল্টা যুক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contre-argument
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kaunter hujah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegenargument
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反論
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counter-argument
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản biện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர் வாதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşı argüman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contro-argomentazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kontrargument
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контраргумент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contra - argument
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντεπιχείρημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teenargument
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motargument
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Motargumentet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counter-argument

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTER-ARGUMENT»

The term «counter-argument» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.593 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTER-ARGUMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counter-argument

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QUOTES WITH «COUNTER-ARGUMENT»

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Chester Brown
The counter-argument would be, so what if my sexual relationships are superficial, one can still have satisfying and rewarding relationships with friends, or parents, or siblings, or whatever.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTER-ARGUMENT»

Discover the use of counter-argument in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counter-argument and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Critical Thinking, fifth edition: An Introduction to the ...
A counter-argument, on the other hand, attempts to show that our opponent's conclusion is false or problematic by constructing a different argument altogether to support a conclusion that is inconsistent with the original conclusion.
Jonathan Lavery, Willam Hughes, 2008
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Aiming for A-star in GCSE AQA English for Specification A
In order to achieve a top grade, you need to cover the following three main points : Argument: express your opinion about an issue. Counter argument: be aware that someone e se has a different point of view and try to discredit that viewpoint.
Paul Burns, P. Burns, J. Edge, 2006
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ECAI 2010: 19th European Conference on Artificial ...
Definition 13 (canonical counter-argument) Let Σ be a set of constraints, A a counter-argument of argument B such that [A]ic ⊆ Σ. We say that A is a canonical counter-argument wrt Σ for an argument B if: 1. if [A]p = ∅ then (a) A is a maximal  ...
Helder Coelho, Rudi Studer, Michael Wooldridge, 2010
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The Structure of Arguments
The counter-argument advanced by Author 2 in this example can be characterized by a profile across the two dimensions specified above: 1. The operation that leads directly to rejecting the preceding argument, namely, a negative Validation ...
I. M. Schlesinger, Tamar Keren-Portnoy, Tamar Parush, 2001
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Stoic Theology: Proofs for the Existence of the Cosmic God ...
The importance of the introduction and the novelty of these arguments appears in the acid reactions they provoked. b) A counter-argument as evidence for an attribution to Zeno There is much ado about these arguments of Zeno. Counter ...
P. A. Meijer, 2007
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Contrast: Adversative and Concessive Relations and Their ...
The counter-argument is always signalled by sgvar, whereas aber sometimes signals a pro-argument, and sometimes an argumentandum. The results of this study have to be distinguished from the previous observations of other linguists, ...
Elisabeth Rudolph, 1996
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Critical Thinking: The Art of Argument
Whether Theresa offers a counter argument or a refutation argument, she has shot the argumentative tennis ball back to Al's side of the net. It's his turn to respond with either a counter argument or a refutation argument. As you watch an ...
George Rainbolt, Sandra Dwyer, 2011
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Argument, Inference and Dialectic: Collected Papers on ...
Typically, as well, an arguer's argument meets with challenge or counter- argument or both. And such challenge or counter-argument is often responded to with challenge or further argument or counter-counter-argument, and so on. When two ...
Robert Pinto, 2001
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Psychology of Reasoning: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
In this block, which is pro Quest, argument number 1 is the principal argument, argument number 2 is the undercutting argument, argument number 3 is the counter-argument, and argument number 4 is the supporting argument. Comparable ...
Ken Manktelow, Man Cheung Chung, 2004
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Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science
As a second example of facilitation, consider the counter-argument technique. The counter-argument technique was introduced in Sniderman and Piazza (1993 ) and explored further in Sniderman et al. (1996). Gibson made it a central ...
James N. Druckman, Donald P. Green, James H. Kuklinski, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTER-ARGUMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counter-argument is used in the context of the following news items.
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The UN's Meetings on Autonomous Weapons: Biting the Bullet, or …
A counter-argument was raised by Richard Moyes from Article 36 that if discussion is too focused on undefined hypothetical systems' ability to ... «ISN, Jul 15»
2
Asian nations send observers to PH arbitration case vs China
China's position paper, released in December 2014 just before the deadline set by the tribunal for China to file its counter-argument, ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
3
Leading neuroscientist to deliver lecture at Life Science Centre …
... celebrates the opportunities and advancement technology has brought the world, Prof Greenfield provides a challenging counter-argument, ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
4
Ashes preview: Rivals England and Australia prepare for battle in …
The counter-argument is not quite so persuasive, but bears repeating – as it was by Australia captain Clarke, no less, at his first press ... «Sport360°, Jul 15»
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US-Led Coalition Airstrikes Target IS in Syria, Iraq
"There is also a counter-argument by many people familiar with the politics of the region that this could lead to a backlash in the sense that, ... «Big News Network.com, Jul 15»
6
Spain's Podemos shows us that we can (but without Labour)
... dismantle the welfare system and it is sad that no party was able to form a coherent counter-argument to this proposal outside of Scotland. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
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PARCC out, AIR in after whirlwind of Common Core testing changes …
But reader Brian Pool offered a counter-argument: As a Technology Coordinator I can attest that staff spend hundreds of hours making PARCC ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
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Every eligible voter must be facilitated to chose leaders
There has been a counter-argument that Cord has itself to blame, if this was the case, since one of their own, the late Otieno Kajwang', was the ... «K24 TV, Jul 15»
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UFC: Jon Anik on how he fought in a Toughman style bout during …
Just to provide a counter-argument, I do think it is Jon Jones. I've said as much to him, and he even tried to talk me down from it, saying he had ... «Bloody Elbow, Jul 15»
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Let's kick God off the Court: Marriage isn't the only place where the …
The dissenters, led by Justice John Roberts, presented their counter-argument. Roberts worried that “stealing this issue from the people will for ... «Salon, Jul 15»

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