counteraffirmation

noun

An affirmation in opposition to another affirmation.

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Meanings

nouncounteraffirmation (plural counteraffirmations)

plural counteraffirmations

  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.

    2011, Michael D. Barber, The Intentional Spectrum and Intersubjectivity, page 46

Origin

From counter- + affirmation.

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APA

counteraffirmation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraffirmation

MLA

“counteraffirmation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraffirmation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counteraffirmation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteraffirmation.

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