English Explanatory Dictionary

in utrumque partes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Arguing both sides of an issue; the practice of presenting arguments for and against a given proposition.

Word forms

in utrumque partes

Etymology

From Latin in utrumque partes (“literally 'into both sides, arguments for either part'”). From in + utrumque (accusative of uterque (“both”)) + partes (accusative plural of pars (“part, side”)). The phrase originates in rhetorical practice of arguing for and as a proponent against a proposition.

Synonyms

in utramque partem in utramque parte
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