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counterfallacy

counterfallacy noun: a fallacy that opposes another fallacy.

Noun

counterfallacy (plural counterfallacies)

  1. A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
    • Beyond that, to the assertion of white southerners that the blacks who toiled in their fields were satisfied and happy, many observers simply posed the counterfallacy that all southern blacks were hopelessly, totally, and eternally alienated from the place where they had seen so much injustice and...1999, James Charles Cobb, Redefining Southern Culture, page 127

Forms of counterfallacy

pluralcounterfallacies

Origin of counterfallacy

From counter- + fallacy.

Questions about counterfallacy

What does counterfallacy mean?
Counterfallacy means a fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
What part of speech is counterfallacy?
Counterfallacy is a noun.
What is the plural of counterfallacy?
The plural of counterfallacy is counterfallacies.

Words near counterfallacy in the dictionary

  1. counterfactually
  2. counterfactualness
  3. counterfactuals
  4. counterfaisance
  5. counterfallacies
  6. counterfallacy
  7. counterfaller
  8. counterfallers
  9. counterfashion
  10. counterfashions
  11. counterfaçade

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