The phrase
"countervailing evidence" refers to information or proof that contradicts or opposes previous evidence or arguments, suggesting that the original claim might be incorrect or incomplete.
Full definition
Critics, in turn, have argued that this presumption is an indispensable element to the practical operation of the open court principle, insofar as it relieves judges, in the absence
of countervailing evidence, of the onerous task of having to vet or screen the integrity of the press when presiding in full view of the media.
Since there is no
significant countervailing evidence in any integrated and / or middle - class denomination, the lack of qualitative development is the issue of moment — one that can no longer be avoided without fatal consequences for the healthy growth of black church life.
If a researcher is very lucky, the reaction from defenders of the intellectual status quo may consist of civil debate and attempts to
produce countervailing evidence.
The only assessment that showed a difference was parents» beliefs that their child was learning new words
despite countervailing evidence from a standardized measure indicating no differences between groups.
It all sounds particularly damaging» until one considers
the countervailing evidence.
If someone has
countervailing evidence to present, the comment section awaits your thoughtful challenge.
«Rather,» she notes, «there is
countervailing evidence that this model doesn't work.»