Usually means: Opposite view, contrasting the argument.
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  1. per contra: Merriam-Webster
  2. per contra: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. per contra: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. per contra: Collins English Dictionary
  5. per contra: Wordnik
  6. per contra: Wiktionary
  7. per contra: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. per contra: Dictionary.com
  9. per contra: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (per contra)

▸ adverb:  (law) in contrast, on the contrary

Similar:
au contraire, rather, contrary, contrastedly, contrariwise, however, contradistinctively, contrapositively, secus, contrawise, more...

Opposite:
per pro, pro, affirmatively

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Similar:
au contraire, rather, contrary, contrastedly, contrariwise, however, contradistinctively, contrapositively, secus, contrawise, more...

Opposite:
per pro, pro, affirmatively



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