counterposition
- noun
- /ˌkaʊntərpəˈzɪʃən/
:
contraposición
- In a debate about climate change, her argument served as a counterposition to the prevailing views on economic growth.
Examples
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Oliver (1957), for example, in a significant counterposition to the thinking current in the 1950s that successful citizenship education would result in a society untroubled by controversy, argued that in a pluralistic society, in which people from different groups interpret and weigh basic values differently, conflict is inevitable.
Academic text (1992) -
Being so, it offers a context for identity within the nation-state that stands in counterposition and certainly not often in secondary position to the national one.
Academic text (1995) -
The lawyer presented a counterposition to the accusations, insisting that her client was innocent and misunderstood.
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His counterposition challenged the established ideas, forcing everyone to reconsider their stance on the issue.
Synonyms
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6.7
A statement that says another person's argument is wrong
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4.1
The other side of something that shows a different, often negative, effect
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6.2
Something that contrasts with or balances another thing
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5.1
A reason that disagrees with another reason in a discussion
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3.9
A view that disagrees with your opinion in a discussion
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7.3
A written or spoken reply that opposes another claim
An opinion that disagrees with another view
A written reply that opposes another statement
An explanation that disagrees with an earlier view
An idea that challenges another scientific explanation
Antonyms
How Opposed
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7.9
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3.5
11
5.1
179
2.8
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word counterposition comes from the prefix counter- meaning 'against' (as in counterattack) and position meaning 'a place or a view'. So a counterposition is a view or argument put 'against' another one, an opposing point of view.