Meanings
- rhetoricuncountableArguing both sides of an issue; the practice of presenting arguments for and against a given proposition.
Synonyms: in utramque partem, in utramque parte
Synonyms & antonyms
nounArguing both sides of an issue; the practice of presenting arguments for and against a given proposition.
Origin
- Latinin utrumque partes“literally 'into both sides, arguments for either part'”
- Englishin utrumque partes
From Latin in utrumque partes (“literally 'into both sides, arguments for either part'”). From in + utrumque (accusative of uterque (“both”)) + partes (accusative plural of pars (“part, side”)). The phrase originates in rhetorical practice of arguing for and as a proponent against a proposition.
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