counterassert
English
Etymology
counter- + assert
Verb
counterassert (third-person singular simple present counterasserts, present participle counterasserting, simple past and past participle counterasserted)
- To assert in opposition to a previous assertion
- 1974, Colin Fletcher, The New Complete Walker, →ISBN, page 36:
- Roughouts, some pundits assert, are therefore superior. Other pundits counterassert, fiercely.
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Related terms
- counterassertion