"counterargument" meaning in All languages combined

See counterargument on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-counterargument.wav Forms: counterarguments [plural]
Etymology: From counter- + argument. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|counter|argument}} counter- + argument Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterargument (plural counterarguments)
  1. An argument that is opposed to another argument. Wikipedia link: counterargument Derived forms: countercounterargument Related terms: counterargue, counterargumentation, counterargumentative, counterexample Translations (an argument that is opposed to another argument): protiargument [masculine] (Czech), tegenargument [neuter] (Dutch), vastaväite (Finnish), vasta-argumentti (Finnish), contre-argument [masculine] (French), Gegenargument [neuter] (German), αντεπιχείρημα (antepicheírima) [neuter] (Greek), ellenérv (Hungarian), contrādictiō [feminine] (Latin), kontrargument [masculine] (Polish), contra-argumento [masculine] (Portuguese), contra argument (Romanian), контраргуме́нт (kontrargumént) [masculine] (Russian), contraargumento [masculine] (Spanish), motargument [neuter] (Swedish), kontrargüman (Turkish), контраргуме́нт (kontrarhumént) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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