"pro et contra" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin prō et contrā (literally “for and against”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|sv|la|prō et contrā|lit=for and against}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin prō et contrā (literally “for and against”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=?|g2=|head=|sort=}} pro et contra ?, {{sv-noun}} pro et contra ?
  1. (uncommon) Synonym of för- och nackdel (“pros and cons; advantage and disadvantage”). Tags: uncommon Synonyms: för- och nackdel [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-pro_et_contra-sv-noun-WyB2fX7X Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header
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          "english": "I am so weary of turning and measuring and weighing all the pros and cons; they had gathered themselves into one single fixed idea.",
          "ref": "1887, Victoria Benedictsson, edited by Matti af Geijerstam, Bref från Victoria Benedictsson [Letter from Victoria Benedictsson], published 1909 via the Swedish Literature Bank, page 104:",
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          "english": "Completely dizzy and dazed, I went home and recounted my dilemma to the calm van der Schink, explaining to him my inner struggle between temptation and duty, but the rascal took it upon himself to act as the advocatus diaboli and argue both for and against, until my weak Adam resolved to attend Madame Ruhnkenia's rendezvous.",
          "ref": "1899, Oscar Levertin, Rococo-noveller [Rococo Novellas], via the Swedish Literature Bank, pages 51–52:",
          "text": "Alldeles yr och vimmelkant i hufvudet gick jag hem och raconterade min dilemma för den lugne van der Schink, utlade för honom min andes strid mellan frestelse och plikt, men den spjufvern tog sig för att uppträda som advocatus diaboli och argumentera pro et contra, till dess min svaga Adam blef besluten att infinna sig på madame Ruhnkenias rendez-vous.",
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          "english": "Under the guise of a deep Holbergian disdain for the academic disputes, which reveal their misery when the platitudes are translated into Swedish, he nevertheless succumbs to the same and, in prudent letters to his friend Lindblom, discusses with many pros and cons and a great array of Latin quotations the righteousness of Timoleon’s fratricide for the benefit of the fatherland or the respective merits of Alexander and Caesar.",
          "ref": "1938, Sigfrid Siwertz, Minne av Jacob Wallenberg [In memory of Jacob Wallenberg], via the Swedish Literature Bank, pages 35–36:",
          "text": "Under sken av ett Holbergskt djupt förakt för det akademiska dispytväsendet, som avslöjar sitt elände när flosklerna översättas till svenska, förfaller han dock själv till detsamma och diskuterar i förnumstiga brev till vännen Lindblom med många pro et contra och ett stort uppbåd av latinska citat det rättmätiga i Timoleons brodermord till foster landets fromma eller Alexanders och Caesars respektive företräden.",
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          "english": "Hydropower lights up the world with an energy called clean. But electricity still has its cost. People's homesteads are turned into lake beds, sensitive species are wiped out as ecosystems collapse. Every project is based on calculations of pro et contra, gains and losses. However, what are mere numbers in the calculations, may for others be irreplaceable values.",
          "ref": "2024 January 30, Patricia Lorenzoni, “Striden om Amazonas är allas vår strid [The battle for the Amazon is a battle for us all]”, in OBS: Radioessän (essay), Sveriges Radio:",
          "text": "Vattenkraften lyser upp världen med en energi som kallas ren. Men elektriciteten har ändå sitt pris. Människors hemman förvandlas till sjöbotten, känsliga arter slås ut när ekosystem raseras. Varje projekt stöder sig på kalkyler av pro et contra, vinster och förluster. Det som i kalkylerna är siffror, kan emellertid för andra vara omistliga värden.",
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          "text": "Vattenkraften lyser upp världen med en energi som kallas ren. Men elektriciteten har ändå sitt pris. Människors hemman förvandlas till sjöbotten, känsliga arter slås ut när ekosystem raseras. Varje projekt stöder sig på kalkyler av pro et contra, vinster och förluster. Det som i kalkylerna är siffror, kan emellertid för andra vara omistliga värden.",
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