counterargument
noun
coun·ter·ar·gu·ment
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈär-gyə-mənt 
variants
or counter-argument
plural counterarguments or counter-arguments
: an opposing argument
Joseph Stiglitz's new book, "The Price of Inequality," is the single most comprehensive counterargument to both Democratic neoliberalism and Republican laissez-faire theories.—
Thomas B. Edsall
Thomas B. Edsall… careful consideration of each of the arguments made by the appellant, and of the counter-arguments advanced by the appellees …—Jonathan M. Landers et al.
Jonathan M. Landers et al.Examples of counterargument in a Sentence
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The potential counterargument: Grubb’s predecessors faced similar challenges along the offensive line yet had better offenses that scored more points, ran the ball more often and generated more explosive plays (2024 featured Seattle’s lowest explosive play rate since 2017).
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Collectively, the tribal fisheries produce more walleyes than tribal members harvest — an effective counterargument to the claim by some non-tribal anglers that tribal members harvest too much.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
So, too, however, is the counterargument that modernization will automatically doom the region's authoritarian regimes.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
Trump's counterargument, as limned in his Nashville speech, is that the determination whether the dollar retains its global reserve status lies entirely in the hands of the U.S. government itself.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Collectively, the tribal fisheries produce more walleyes than tribal members harvest — an effective counterargument to the claim by some non-tribal anglers that tribal members harvest too much.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
So, too, however, is the counterargument that modernization will automatically doom the region's authoritarian regimes.
—Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2012
Trump's counterargument, as limned in his Nashville speech, is that the determination whether the dollar retains its global reserve status lies entirely in the hands of the U.S. government itself.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterargument. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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