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counterproblems

counterproblems is the plural of counterproblem.

Meaning of counterproblem

Noun

counterproblem (plural counterproblems)

  1. A problem formulated in opposition to another problem.
    • He raises the "Why not sooner?" question as an extrapolation from one of Proclus' arguments. He answers it by posing a counterproblem: the problem of how there could have been an infinity of days.2006, William E. Mann, Augustine's Confessions, page 229

Questions about counterproblems

What is counterproblems the plural of?
Counterproblems is the plural of counterproblem.

Words near counterproblems in the dictionary

  1. counterpressures
  2. counterpressuring
  3. counterprinciple
  4. counterprinciples
  5. counterproblem
  6. counterproblems
  7. counterprocess
  8. counterprocesses
  9. counterproductive
  10. counterproductively
  11. counterproductiveness

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