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counterexample

noun

Etymology

From counter- + example.

  1. derived from exemplum — “sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”
  2. derived from example
  3. inherited from example
  4. prefixed as counterexample — “counter + example”

Definitions

  1. An example that counters a general rule

    An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for counterexample. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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