The alternation of points (in an argument, etc.) in opposition or contrast to one another; a debate, argument, or match in which points for two opposing sides are made in succession.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), writer. From point + counterpoint. Probably originally chiefly after the title of Huxley's novel.
Definition of point-counterpoint in US English:
point-counterpoint
nounˌpɔɪntˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt
The alternation of points (in an argument, etc.) in opposition or contrast to one another; a debate, argument, or match in which points for two opposing sides are made in succession.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), writer. From point + counterpoint. Probably originally chiefly after the title of Huxley's novel.