counterproblem

A problem formulated in opposition to another problem.

Noun

  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....

Origin

From counter- + problem.

Forms

counterproblems