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counterfactual - 3 dictionary results

coun⋅ter⋅fac⋅tu⋅al

[koun-ter-fak-choo-uhl]
–noun Logic.
a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”

Origin:
1945–50; counter- + factual
coun·ter·fac·tu·al     (koun'tər-fāk'chōō-əl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Running contrary to the facts: "Cold war historiography vividly illustrates how the selection of the counterfactual question to be asked generally anticipates the desired answer" (Timothy Garton Ash).
coun'ter·fac'tu·al n.
counterfactual

adjective
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) 

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