counterstatement
Noun
Meaning
counterstatement (plural counterstatements)
A statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement.
Synonyms
response
negation
rebuttal
rejoinder
confutation
countercharge
counterclaim
counterargument
declinature
surrejoinder
Antonyms
Examples
Many of his works are central to modern rhetorical theory: A Rhetoric of Motives (1950), A Grammar of Motives (1945), Language as Symbolic Action (1966), and Counterstatement (1931).