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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

counteraffirmation en · NOUN

Etymology

From counter- + affirmation.

Meanings

  1. An affirmation in opposition to another affirmation.
    • So understood, it is not entirely clear how this response meets the skeptical challenge or how it is anything more than a dogmatic counteraffirmation to the skeptic's claim that veridical perception and deceptive appearances are indistinguishable. 2011, Michael D. Barber, The Intentional Spectrum and Intersubjectivity, page 46:

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