COUNTER-ARGUMENT Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

counterargument

noun

Definition of counterargument

as in rebuttal

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Recent Examples of counterargument The macro backdrop isn't offering much of a counterargument. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 5 June 2026 Rather than prompting examination of the systems in which those outcomes occur, a common counterargument is that attention to diversity risks lowering standards or excusing poor performance. — Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 1 June 2026 All these rebuttals have counterarguments from doomsday proponents. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 21 May 2026 Clients often benefit from attorneys who can anticipate opposing arguments and prepare counterarguments early. — William Jones, USA Today, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for counterargument

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Americans for Tax Reform organized a lengthy and aggressive rebuttal with comments from scores of conservatives in opposition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Sawala has submitted his rebuttal for its own peer review, and the preprint is already making rounds in the cosmology community.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 9 July 2026

Definition of rebuttal

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Ranalli points out that indoctrination is when someone preemptively dismisses any counterevidence that may come along.

— Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning.

— Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2022

Definition of counterevidence

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