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单词 counter-argument
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counter-argumentn.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2b, 2hPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-ˌargument.
An argument on the opposite side, or against anything.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against > argument against > instance of
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counter-argument1862
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii.ii. §46. 154 The Counter-arguments may be proved equally inconclusive.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 231 The only counter-argument is the manifestly unfinished condition of the ‘Canterbury Tales’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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