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counterhypothesis

noun

Etymology

From counter- + hypothesis.

  1. derived from ὑπόθεσις — “base, basis of an argument, supposition”
  2. derived from hypothesis
  3. borrowed from hypothese
  4. prefixed as counterhypothesis — “counter + hypothesis”

Definitions

  1. A contrasting hypothesis put forward as a response to another hypothesis.

The neighborhood

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

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