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- noun A
question that serves as a reply to, ordistraction from, another.
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Examples
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Man and woman no longer confront one another as “question and counterquestion”; since the heavens emptied, their dialogue, carried out for the most part as struggle, now lacks a metaphysical anchor.
Margarete Susman. 2009
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To question the meaning of such a proposition or to suggest that such a faith is self-centered often leads to a counterquestion that measures the questioner within narrow parameters: "Are you saved?"
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We may answer with the counterquestion of Benjamin Franklin: "What is the use of a new-born baby?"
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We may answer with the counterquestion of Benjamin Franklin: "What is the use of a new-born baby?"
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As for Ilya’s original question, my counterquestion is, so what?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is “Genocide” Really Worse than “Mere” Mass Murder? 2007
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Their immediate counterquestion was: ‘Well, what were you doing with all that Vulcan brain tissue?
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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Their immediate counterquestion was: ‘Well, what were you doing with all that Vulcan brain tissue?
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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Their immediate counterquestion was: ‘Well, what were you doing with all that Vulcan brain tissue?
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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