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noun
Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
Offsetting a proposition with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνταναγωγή (antanagōgḗ, “a leading or bringing up”).
Across languages
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