Definition of Counterexample

1. Noun. Refutation by example.

Generic synonyms: Disproof, Falsification, Refutation

Definition of Counterexample

1. Noun. (logic) An exception to a proposed general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of a universally quantified statement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Counterexample

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterexample

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counterdrawn
counterdraws
counterdrew
counterdrug
countered
countereffect
countereffort
counterefforts
counterelectromotive
counterespionage
counterestablishment
counterestablishments
counterevidence
counterevidences
counterexample (current term)
counterexamples
counterexploitation
counterextension
counterface
counterfaces
counterfactors
counterfactual
counterfactuality
counterfactually
counterfactuals
counterfaisance
counterfeisance
counterfeit
counterfeited

Literary usage of Counterexample

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"So Frankfurt asserted that the Principle of Alternate Possibilities is false, because he believed that his counterexample shows ..."

2. Behind Bars in Brazil by Joanne Mariner, James Cavallaro (1998)
"The counterexample: Rio Grande do Sul Not every state in Brazil violates the national prison law by keeping prisoners in police lockups for long periods of ..."

3. Mathematical Statistics and Applications: Festschrift for Constance Van Eeden by Constance van Eeden, Marc Moore, Sorana Froda, Christian Léger (2003)
"counterexample 2.1. Turning back to the purely non serial case (iid errors), the most usual problem in analysis of covariance models—that of comparing k ..."

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