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COUNTEREXAMPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterexample mean? 

COUNTEREXAMPLE (noun)
  The noun COUNTEREXAMPLE has 1 sense:

1. refutation by exampleplay

  Familiarity information: COUNTEREXAMPLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COUNTEREXAMPLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Refutation by example

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("counterexample" is a kind of...):

disproof; falsification; refutation (any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something)


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