counterexample

Examples

• All

• You are once again invited to address the list of counterexamples to your "argument."

  Blog text (13)

• The theory cannot be accepted as true since the study presented a clear counterexample that disproved it.

• Why are you offering Europe as a counterexample to the U.S.?

  Blog text (2)

• I guess we could say it's not a real counterexample because the statement is still "partly meaningful."

  Blog text (2)

• "Many times, in trying to prove it, I find a counterexample; then I have to change my conjecture."

  Academic text (1991)

• You have mentioned Portugal as a good counterexample to the US approach of criminalization.

  Blog text (31)

• The decision in Stoll offers a counterexample to Riggins.

  Academic text (2016)

• It was a very inconvenient counterexample to all these other countries in the world that had locked down.

• It's somewhat amusing that the very same bit you quoted contained the counterexample that rendered your claim incorrect.

  Blog text (15)

• Dante is simply one of the millions of counterexamples that undermine the claim that religion produces these effects.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

C

counterargument

vscounterexample

11 5.1

A reason that disagrees with another reason in a discussion

is a single concrete example that disproves by showing an exception

R

refutation

vscounterexample

• Formal

10 6.8

An argument or evidence that proves a claim wrong

is a single instance showing an exception rather than full proof

C

counterevidence

vscounterexample

1 8.6

Information that shows a claim may be wrong

is a single concrete instance that shows an exception

C

counter-evidence

vscounterexample

1 6.9

Information that goes against a claim

is a single concrete instance that shows an exception

Antonyms

C

confirmation

150 2.0

Information that shows something is true

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology