Counteraffirmation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An affirmation in opposition to another affirmation.

    "So understood, it is not entirely clear how this response meets the skeptical challenge or how it is anything more than a dogmatic counteraffirmation to the skeptic's claim that veridical perception and deceptive appearances are indistinguishable."

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"So understood, it is not entirely clear how this response meets the skeptical challenge or how it is anything more than a dogmatic counteraffirmation to the skeptic's claim that veridical perception and deceptive appearances are indistinguishable."

Etymology

From counter- + affirmation.

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