单词 | counter-argument |
释义 | counter-argumentn. An argument on the opposite side, or against anything. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > arguments for or against > argument against > instance of con1590 man of straw1599 antistrophon1611 why-not1611 againsta1817 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). < n.1862 |
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