How do you use Counterargument in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like argument or statement, plus the exact meaning.
Counterargument meaning
An argument that is opposed to another argument.
Using Counterargument
- The main meaning on this page is: An argument that is opposed to another argument.
- Useful related words include: argument, statement.
- In the example corpus, counterargument often appears in combinations such as: the counterargument, counterargument to, counterargument that.
Context around Counterargument
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Counterargument
- In this selection, "counterargument" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, necessary, important, conclusive and goes stand out and add context to how "counterargument" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a counterargument is made and a necessary counterargument to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "counterargument" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with counterargument
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I certainly had no counterargument. (5 words)
The counterargument, of course, is that actor Robert Bronzi cannot help that he looks like Charles Bronson. (17 words)
Not true, the counterargument goes, I provided the prompt, without which the essay would never have been generated. (18 words)
The Republicans' counterargument that slavery was the mainstay of the enemy steadily gained support, with the Democrats losing decisively in the 1863 elections in the northern state of Ohio when they tried to resurrect anti-black sentiment. (37 words)
The counterargument from the Commerce Department (Gina Raimondo is the department secretary) is that this requirement is a reasonable interpretation of the laws requiring the Fisheries Service to maintain a sustainable supply of fish over time. (36 words)
There is, however, an important counterargument: the lofty investment and maintenance costs for a nascent type of infrastructure that, in the long run, may prove obsolete as battery development accelerates. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
For these reasons alone, feels like a necessary counterargument to the beliefs and methods that have driven blockbuster budgets to obscene heights over the past decade.
Not true, the counterargument goes, I provided the prompt, without which the essay would never have been generated.
There is, however, an important counterargument: the lofty investment and maintenance costs for a nascent type of infrastructure that, in the long run, may prove obsolete as battery development accelerates.
A counterargument is made in the proposal to the suggestion that social grants would be a better way to help low-income households than removing VAT from chicken.
I certainly had no counterargument.
The counterargument from the Commerce Department (Gina Raimondo is the department secretary) is that this requirement is a reasonable interpretation of the laws requiring the Fisheries Service to maintain a sustainable supply of fish over time.
The whole idea of "checks and balances" is, in and of itself, a counterargument to the notion of an indispensable man.
Yet most importantly, is a firm, conclusive counterargument to one of the criticisms that has always hounded Scorsese: that he endorses the violence he depicts.
The counterargument, of course, is that actor Robert Bronzi cannot help that he looks like Charles Bronson.
This Western-lite kind of censorship undermines those advocating for freedom of speech as a global human right, fueling the counterargument that the West is hypocritical.
Progressive economist Paul Krugman has advanced the counterargument that this would have a corresponding devaluationary effect, like the sustained low interest rates of 2001–2004 produced against world currencies.
The counterargument is that almost all cipher systems consistent with that era fail to match what is seen in the Voynich manuscript.
The Republicans' counterargument that slavery was the mainstay of the enemy steadily gained support, with the Democrats losing decisively in the 1863 elections in the northern state of Ohio when they tried to resurrect anti-black sentiment.
Common combinations with counterargument
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the counterargument 6×
- counterargument to 3×
- counterargument that 3×
- counterargument is 2×