counterassert

To assert in opposition to a previous assertion

Verb

  1. To assert in opposition to a previous assertion
    • Roughouts, some pundits assert, are therefore superior. Other pundits counterassert, fiercely. - 1974, Colin Fletcher, The New Complete Walker, →ISBN, page 36:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English assert English counterassert From counter- + assert.

Forms

counterasserts counterasserting counterasserted

Related

counterassertion