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counterinstance

noun

Etymology

From counter- + instance.

  1. derived from īnstantia
  2. borrowed from instance
  3. prefixed as counterinstance — “counter + instance”

Definitions

  1. An instance (example) which shows the opposite of a given theory to be true, thus…

    An instance (example) which shows the opposite of a given theory to be true, thus disproving it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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