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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Counter

Hi.
". http://focus.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?Volume=2&page=558&journalID=21#Wikstr-and-Loeber-2000found that the effects of living in public housing countered the impact of any individual protective factors that were present. "

What does counter mean here?nullify?make neuter?
  

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Counter means AGAINST, so the effects of living in public housing ACTED AGAINST the impact of ... It doesn't mean that these effects NULLIFIED the impact, because NULLIFIED implies a COMPLETE or FULL effect, whereas COUNTERED just implies ACTED AGAINST, to SOME extent, not necessarily FULLY.

  • Counter means AGAINST, so the effects of living in public housing ACTED AGAINST the impact of ...
  • It doesn't mean that these effects NULLIFIED the impact, because NULLIFIED implies a COMPLETE or FULL effect, whereas COUNTERED just implies ACTED AGAINST, to SOME extent, not necessarily FULLY.
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Counter means AGAINST, so the effects of living in public housing ACTED AGAINST the impact of ...
It doesn't mean that these effects NULLIFIED the impact, because NULLIFIED implies a COMPLETE or FULL effect, whereas COUNTERED just implies ACTED AGAINST, to SOME extent, not necessarily FULLY.

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