Counteraffirmation
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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