Another Word For PROS_AND_CONS

double-edged sword

Noun : (figurative) A benefit that is also a liability, or (a benefit) that carries some significant but not-so-obvious cost or risk.

Noun : (figurative) A neutral principle that has applications that may be either positive (beneficial) or negative (adverse) to one's own interests.

Noun : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double-edged, sword.

oppositive

Adjective : Expressing contrariety.

flipside

Noun : The reverse, in contrast to the obverse.

Noun : (music) The B-side of a phonograph record.

Noun : (informal) A necessary consequence or corollary of something that acts as a negation or counterbalance; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.

flip side

Noun : The reverse, in contrast to the obverse.

Noun : (music, dated, 1930-1980) The B-side of a phonograph record that carried a less popular recording.

Noun : The converse; opposite, usually negative, inherent aspects or consequences of something.

two-edged sword

Noun : Synonym of double-edged sword: a benefit that is also a liability.

Noun : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, edged, sword.

positive

Adjective : Included, present, characterized by affirmation.

Adjective : (law) Formally laid down.

Adjective : Stated definitively and without qualification.

countercounterargument

Noun : (rare) A counterargument to another counterargument.

mixed picture

Noun : (idiomatic) A situation in which both negatives and positives are found.

argumentality

Noun : (linguistics) The property of having one or more arguments; the syntactic connection between the verb of a clause and related phrases.

Noun : (rare) Argumentativeness.

dirimens copulatio

Noun : (logic, rhetoric) Mentioning a balancing or opposing fact to prevent the argument from being one-sided or unqualified.

counterviewpoint

Noun : An opposing viewpoint.

a blessing and a curse

Noun : Something that is both a benefit and a burden, or that may seem initially beneficial but also brings unforeseen negative consequences

counterview

Noun : (countable) An opposing viewpoint.

Noun : A posture in which two persons face each other.

Noun : A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

adversativity

Noun : adversativeness

opposition

Noun : The action of opposing or of being in conflict.

Noun : An opposite or contrasting position.

Noun : (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth.

ups and downs

Noun : (idiomatic) Periods of positive and negative events, moods, or interactions; highs and lows.

Noun : Undulations.

false dichotomy

Noun : (botany) A branching in which the main axis appears to divide dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being continued by lateral branches (as in the dichasium).

Noun : (rhetoric) A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available.

complementary antonym

Noun : (semantics) A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.

Noun : (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.

dilemma

Noun : A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.

Noun : Any difficult circumstance or problem.

Noun : (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".

swings and roundabouts

Noun : (UK, Ireland, Australia) Gains and losses that offset each other.

contraponend

Noun : (logic) The original proposition involved in a contraposition.

ambivalence

Noun : The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.

Noun : A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

enantiosis

Noun : (rhetoric) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and vice versa; affirmation by contraries.

counterpoint

Noun : (music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.

Noun : Any similar contrasting element in a work of art.

Noun : An opposite point.

aporeme

Noun : (philosophy) A form of dialectical argument that affirms two opposing ideas and thus seems to prove a contradiction.

antilogy

Noun : (rhetoric) A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals.

contraposition

Noun : (countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".

Noun : Opposition; contrast.

counterposition

Noun : An opposite or opposing position

best of both worlds

Noun : (idiomatic, singular only) A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.

connotation

Noun : (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

Noun : (logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.

argument

Noun : (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

Noun : (logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.

Noun : (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.

contrast

Noun : (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.

Noun : (uncountable) The degree of this difference.

Noun : (countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.

contrapositive

Noun : (logic) The inverse of the converse of a given logical implication.

positive polarity item

Noun : (linguistics) A polarity item that only appears in an affirmative (positive) licensing context.

litotes

Noun : (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive.

balance

Noun : (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.

Noun : (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.

Noun : (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.

issue

Noun : The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:

Noun : (military, obsolete) A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.

Noun : (medicine) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.

valence

Noun : (countable, chemistry)

Noun : The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.

Noun : The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.

argumentum ad consequentiam

Noun : (rhetoric) A logical fallacy in which a statement is determined to be true or false based on whether it would be pleasant or desirable, rather than based on reality.

counteradvantage

Noun : An advantage held by an opponent.

Noun : A disadvantage that cancels out an advantage.

counteridea

Noun : An opposite idea.

contradictory antonym

Noun : (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) complementary antonym

converse antonym

Noun : (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) Either of a pair of terms that name or describe a single relationship from opposite perspectives, such as parent versus child.

antiphony

Noun : (music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.

Noun : Alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition.

Noun : (phonetics) Synonym of apophony (“contrastive vowel modification”).

member

Noun : One who belongs to a group.

Noun : A part of a whole.

Noun : Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

contradictory

Adjective : That contradicts something, such as an argument.

Adjective : That is itself a contradiction.

Adjective : That is diametrically opposed to something.

two sides of the same coin

Noun : Two aspects of the same thing.

Noun : Two things that superficially appear to be opposites but are fundamentally similar.

binarity

Noun : The representation of something as a pair (or set) of binary oppositions.

paradox

Noun : An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

Noun : A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.

Noun : A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.

alternativity

Noun : A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.

Noun : (mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure.

Noun : The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable.

complementarity

Noun : The state or characteristic of being complementary.

Noun : (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) A semantic relationship between two words wherein negative use of one entails the affirmative of the other with no gradability; the relation of binary antonyms.

Noun : (philosophy of science) The idea that physical phenomena may have (mutually contradictory) properties that cannot be observed simultaneously (e.g. wave-particle duality).

counterbalance

Noun : (literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.

Noun : (figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.

prosyllogism

Noun : (logic) A syllogism that is preliminary or logically essential to another syllogism.

Noun : (logic) The conclusion of such a syllogism, which becomes a premise of the following syllogism.

contrary

Noun : The opposite.

Noun : (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

Noun : (historical) A type of loaded die.

counterarticle

Noun : An article serving as a rebuttal to another article.

circle

Noun : (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).

Noun : (colloquial) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.

Noun : Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.

counterdisposition

Noun : A disposition that opposes another disposition.

contrariant

Adjective : Contrary or antagonistic.

other side of the coin

Noun : A different aspect or way of seeing or thinking about something.

antithesis

Noun : A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

Noun : (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner

Noun : (philosophy) The second stage of a dialectical process in which the thesis is negated.

crosscurrent

Noun : (nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.

Noun : (nautical) A current in a body of water running counter to the main current or direction of travel.

Noun : (by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.

antagonym

Noun : contranym

countercriticism

Noun : A criticism offered in response to a criticism by the opposing party.

counterdistinction

Noun : contradistinction

counterconclusion

Noun : A conclusion that is the opposite of another.

win-win

Adjective : (of a situation or outcome) That benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits.

Noun : A situation that benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits.

countertendency

Noun : A contrary or opposing tendency

valency

Noun : (uncountable, by extension) The capacity of something to combine with other things, as for example the capability of a vaccine as measured by the number of pathogen serotypes that it can counteract.

Noun : (countable, graph theory) The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph.

Noun : (uncountable) Importance, significance.

counterexplanation

Noun : An opposing explanation

contrastment

Noun : (rare) contrast; the contrasting of opposing things or elements

false dilemma

Noun : A situation in which two opposing options are presented as the only possibilities, when others are available.

opposite

Noun : Something opposite or contrary to something else.

Noun : A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.

Noun : An opponent.

counterdispute

Noun : A dispute opposing or responding to another dispute.

worst of both worlds

Noun : (idiomatic, singular only) A solution or scenario which combines the disadvantages of two opposed prior solutions, often having been intended to combine their benefits instead.

counterthesis

Noun : A thesis that rebuts another.

counteressay

Noun : An essay written to refute another essay.

counterfallacy

Noun : A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.

contraproposal

Noun : Synonym of counterproposal

dialectic

Noun : Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.

Noun : A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.

Noun : (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions

ontological proof

Noun : Synonym of ontological argument

crosslight

Noun : (uncountable) Light that comes from the side, causing shadows that can obscure objects of view or create strong contrasts.

Noun : (countable) A traffic light intended principally to allow pedestrian or other traffic from a lesser roadway to cross a busier roadway.

Noun : (uncountable, theater) Illumination directed at the performers or subject matter from opposite sides of the set.

contradictoriality

Noun : Synonym of contradictoriness

contradiction

Noun : (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.

Noun : (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.

Noun : (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.

gradable antonym

Noun : (linguistics, philosophy, semantics) One of a pair of terms that denotes one end of a scale while the other term denotes the other end, such as long and short.

autoantonym

Noun : (rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.

antistasis

Noun : (rhetoric) The repetition of a word in an opposing sense.

counterterm

Noun : antithesis

Noun : antonym

Noun : (mathematics) A term added to an equation or formula that exactly cancels the contribution of another term which diverges.

contrastiveness

Noun : The state or condition of being contrastive.

analogism

Noun : (logic) An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.

Noun : The investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.

Noun : (linguistics) The belief that grammar is not arbitrary, but follows rules and patterns.

contrariety

Noun : Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.

syllogism

Noun : (logic) An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.

Noun : (obsolete) A trick, artifice; an extremely subtle, sophisticated, or deceptive argument; a sophism.

term

Noun : That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.

Noun : A chronological limitation or restriction, a limited timespan.

Noun : Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

counter-evidence

Noun : Alternative form of counterevidence [(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.]

clash

Noun : (onomatopoeia) A loud sound, like the crashing together of metal objects.

Noun : A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

Noun : (sports) match; a game between two sides.

antinomy

Noun : (archaic) A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities.

Noun : (by extension) Any contradiction or paradox.

Noun : (specifically, epistemology, logic) In the thought of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.

converse

Noun : (now literary) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

Noun : The opposite or reverse.

Noun : (logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.

antithet

Noun : (archaic) An antithetic or contrasted statement.

counterassertion

Noun : An assertion to the contrary.

modus tollendo ponens

Noun : (philosophy, logic) A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is negated, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponendo tollens has the form:

conclusion

Noun : The end, finish, close or last part of something.

Noun : The outcome or result of a process or act.

Noun : A decision reached after careful thought.

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