as in rebuttal
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Recent Examples of counterargument
Generalizing positivity in all situations can lead to denying or downplaying real emotions or even logical counterarguments to a superficially optimistic perception.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
After forming your own opinion, ask AI to present the strongest counterarguments.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Despite a compelling counterargument from Haynes, everyone ultimately sided with faithful of all faithfuls Efron, and she was banished.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Starr eventually spoke up and presented a strong counterargument.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
After forming your own opinion, ask AI to present the strongest counterarguments.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Despite a compelling counterargument from Haynes, everyone ultimately sided with faithful of all faithfuls Efron, and she was banished.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Starr eventually spoke up and presented a strong counterargument.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterargument
Noun
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The person who drafted the team then had to say why that team would win it all this year, with the other offering a rebuttal.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Sterling’s loan was starting to feel like a stay of execution for Sterling, but his display against PSV was a strong rebuttal to those who have completely written him off.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Any falsehood or inaccuracy (real or alleged) enunciated by President Donald Trump is almost invariably immediately met with refutation, rebuke, even ridicule by his media critics and political opponents.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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But seen in that light, the updates look less like a refutation of the original than an embrace of its spirit, executed with enough freshness to stand on its own and enough charm to inspire a new generation to fall in like (if not necessarily in love) all over again.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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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
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Archaeological and geological counterevidence concerning Oak Island and the Money Pit point to something well short of an Indiana Jones movie.—
Dylan Taylor-Lehman,
Popular Mechanics,
13 May 2021
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“Counterargument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterargument. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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