Countertheory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A contrasting theory put forward as a response to another theory.

    "There is a countertheory, however, set forth by Dr. David B. Allison, the incoming president of the Obesity Society, a leading organization of obesity doctors and scientists."

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"There is a countertheory, however, set forth by Dr. David B. Allison, the incoming president of the Obesity Society, a leading organization of obesity doctors and scientists."

Etymology

From counter- + theory.

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