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counterfactualize

counterfactualize verb: to make counterfactual.

Verb

counterfactualize (third-person singular simple present counterfactualizes, present participle counterfactualizing, simple past and past participle counterfactualized)

  1. (transitive) To make counterfactual.
  2. (intransitive) To formulate or discuss counterfactuals.

Forms of counterfactualize

third-person singular presentcounterfactualizes
present participlecounterfactualizing
past participlecounterfactualized
pastcounterfactualized

Origin of counterfactualize

From counterfactual + -ize.

Questions about counterfactualize

What does counterfactualize mean?
Counterfactualize means to make counterfactual.
What part of speech is counterfactualize?
Counterfactualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of counterfactualize?
The past tense of counterfactualize is counterfactualized.

Words near counterfactualize in the dictionary

  1. counterfactualists
  2. counterfactualities
  3. counterfactuality
  4. counterfactualization
  5. counterfactualizations
  6. counterfactualize
  7. counterfactualized
  8. counterfactualizes
  9. counterfactualizing
  10. counterfactually
  11. counterfactualness

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