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contrafactual

contrafactual adjective: counterfactual.

Adjective

contrafactual (not comparable)

  1. (counterfactual) counterfactual

Origin of contrafactual

From contra- + factual.

Questions about contrafactual

What does contrafactual mean?
Contrafactual means counterfactual.
What part of speech is contrafactual?
Contrafactual is an adjective.

Words near contrafactual in the dictionary

  1. contraexpectational
  2. contrafact
  3. contrafacta
  4. contrafactive
  5. contrafacts
  6. contrafactual
  7. contrafactum
  8. contrafagotti
  9. contrafagotto
  10. contrafagottos
  11. contrafibularities

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