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counterfactuals

counterfactuals is the plural of counterfactual.

Meaning of counterfactual

Noun

counterfactual (plural counterfactuals)

  1. A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
  2. A hypothetical state of the world, used to assess the impact of an action.
    • Just as counterfactuals employ too much imagination to qualify as historical works, alternate history often labors under too great a load of artificial "facts" to take flight as fiction.2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2021
  3. A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false.

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Questions about counterfactuals

What is counterfactuals the plural of?
Counterfactuals is the plural of counterfactual.

Words near counterfactuals in the dictionary

  1. counterfactualized
  2. counterfactualizes
  3. counterfactualizing
  4. counterfactually
  5. counterfactualness
  6. counterfactuals
  7. counterfaisance
  8. counterfallacies
  9. counterfallacy
  10. counterfaller
  11. counterfallers

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