Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.

    kontrafaktisch

    контрафактивныйkontrafaktivnyj

  2. (not comparable)Of or in comparison to a hypothetical state of the world.

More definitions
  • going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
contrary to the facts:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
contrary to the facts:

Origin

From counter- + factual.

From counter- + factual.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
contrafactual
Close in meaning
  • going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis):contrary to fact

Word family

7 related words
Relatedcounterfactuality
Derivedcounterfactual conditionalcounterfactualismcounterfactualistcounterfactualizecounterfactuallycounterfactualness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
counterbalancecounterclockwisecounterfeitcounterfeiter

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