counterargument en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argusder.? Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentumder. Anglo-Norman arguementbor. Middle English argument English argument English counterargument From counter- + argument.
Meanings
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An argument that is opposed to another argument.
Near-synonyms: rebuttal, refutation
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.
2020 May 20, David Thrower, Ian Wray, “Revisiting the plan for developing the North's rail network”, in Rail, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterarguments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
counterassertion · counterclaim
Hypernyms
Relateds
counterargue · counterexample · counterargumentative · counterargumentation
Synonyms
Translations (20)
ru контраргуме́нт (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · cs protiargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · fi vasta-argumentti (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · tr kontrargüman (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · az əks arqument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · de Gegengrund (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · ro contraargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · nl tegenargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · la contrādictiō (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · ca contraargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · es contraargumento (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · el αντεπιχείρημα (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · pt contra-argumento (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · uk контраргуме́нт (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · hu ellenérv (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · sv motargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · fr contre-argument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · fi vastaväite (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · pl kontrargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument) · de Gegenargument (an argument that is opposed to another argument)