counter-argue
verb[IorT]
(alsocounterargue)uk/ˌkaʊn.tərˈɑːɡ.juː/us/ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚˈɑːrɡ.juː/toansweranargument,idea, orsuggestionwith anargumentagainst it:
He counter-argues that there is noevidencetosupporttheseclaims.
In thesecases,realexamplesare used to counter-arguetheoreticalsolutions.
- You could counterargue that thissystemaffectseveryoneregardlessofnationality.
- Peopleangeredby hiscommentsshould counter-argueratherthandogmaticallycondemnhim.
- Onecompanyaccusesanother ofinfringingitstrademarkwhile they are counter-arguing that thenameis not atrademark.
Denying & contradicting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- apparently
- backtrack
- bubble
- burstsomeone'sbubbleidiom
- contradict
- Dutchman
- fly
- fly in the face ofsomethingidiom
- hell
- in the same breathidiom
- rebuttal
- recantation
- refutation
- self-contradictory
- speak
- standsomethingonitsheadidiom
- tergiversation
- unadmitted