Dictionary

counterexample en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English example English counterexample From counter- + example.

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

pseudo-counterexample

Relateds

counterargument · counterexemplification · counterargue · counterexemplify

Translations (26)

sk protipríklad (instance of the falsity) · nl tegenvoorbeeld (instance of the falsity) · el αντιπαράδειγμα (instance of the falsity) · pl kontrprzykład (instance of the falsity) · uk контрпри́клад (instance of the falsity) · mk противпример (instance of the falsity) · es antiejemplo (instance of the falsity) · ko 반례 (instance of the falsity) · eo kontraŭekzemplo (instance of the falsity) · ko 반증 (instance of the falsity) · de Gegenbeispiel (instance of the falsity) · fy tsjinfoarbyld (instance of the falsity) · ar مِثَال مُضَادّ (instance of the falsity) · ar مِثَال مُعَاكِس (instance of the falsity) · sv motexempel (instance of the falsity) · ro contraexemplu (instance of the falsity) · it controesempio (instance of the falsity) · fa مثال نقض (instance of the falsity) · fi vastaesimerkki (instance of the falsity) · bg контраприме́р (instance of the falsity) · be контрпры́клад (instance of the falsity) · cs protipříklad (instance of the falsity) · fr contrexemple (instance of the falsity) · ru контрприме́р (instance of the falsity) · ja 反例 (instance of the falsity) · cmn 反例 (instance of the falsity)