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counterevidence

noun

Etymology

From counter- + evidence.

  1. derived from evidentia
  2. inherited from evidence
  3. prefixed as counterevidence — “counter + evidence”

Definitions

  1. Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.

    • Having been strongly pressed to do so, I gave counter-evidence, and I believe, in the opinion of the Commission, demolished the Doctor a second time.
    • As the alternative norms and counterevidences are uncovered, it is the evaluator's task to determine inconsistency, contradiction, and subterfuge, and then to render his own verdict.
    • People persevere in asserting all sorts of things in the face of apparent counterevidence.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA