"counterconcept" meaning in English

See counterconcept in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: counterconcepts [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept English counterconcept From counter- + concept. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|counter-|concept|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept English counterconcept [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*komterād", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "beside", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "here", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱóm", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-teros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*komteros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "contrā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "contre-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "countre-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "counter-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "counter-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "conceptus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "concept", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "concept", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "counterconcept", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="counterconcept"> From counter- + concept. Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterconcept (plural counterconcepts)
  1. An opposite concept. Synonyms: anticoncept, counteridea
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Inflected forms

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