counterexample

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.

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counterexample counterexamples

From counter- + example.

counterargue counterargument counterexemplify counterexemplification

pseudo-counterexample

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