Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Contrary or rebutting evidence; evidence or testimony which opposes other evidence.
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- noun Alternative form of
counterevidence .
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Examples
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Indeed, I think that widespread support for free markets is based more on belief in their inherent morality than on belief that they promote economic growth, potentially explaining the religious fervor of free-market fundamentalists defending their faith despite the considerable counter-evidence provided by recent events.
Eric Schoenberg: Zombie Economics and Just Deserts: Why the Right Is Winning the Economic Debate Eric Schoenberg 2011
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Indeed, I think that widespread support for free markets is based more on belief in their inherent morality than on belief that they promote economic growth, potentially explaining the religious fervor of free-market fundamentalists defending their faith despite the considerable counter-evidence provided by recent events.
Eric Schoenberg: Zombie Economics and Just Deserts: Why the Right Is Winning the Economic Debate Eric Schoenberg 2011
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Now I could have seen their willingness to form a union as counter-evidence to laziness.
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Indeed, I think that widespread support for free markets is based more on belief in their inherent morality than on belief that they promote economic growth, potentially explaining the religious fervor of free-market fundamentalists defending their faith despite the considerable counter-evidence provided by recent events.
Eric Schoenberg: Zombie Economics and Just Deserts: Why the Right Is Winning the Economic Debate Eric Schoenberg 2011
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Indeed, I think that widespread support for free markets is based more on belief in their inherent morality than on belief that they promote economic growth, potentially explaining the religious fervor of free-market fundamentalists defending their faith despite the considerable counter-evidence provided by recent events.
Eric Schoenberg: Zombie Economics and Just Deserts: Why the Right Is Winning the Economic Debate Eric Schoenberg 2011
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Its claims are often attractive, but the analytical apparatus can be shaky: correlation is confused with causation; counter-evidence is ignored such as those who put down small bets but never enjoy large returns; the role of circumstance or luck is underestimated; and some facts seem cherry-picked to push the message.
Where the Action Is David A. Shaywitz 2011
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However, my personal observations provide substantial counter-evidence.
The Volokh Conspiracy » But Isn’t It a Bit Hard to Predict With a 7-Year-Old? 2010
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Indeed, I think that widespread support for free markets is based more on belief in their inherent morality than on belief that they promote economic growth, potentially explaining the religious fervor of free-market fundamentalists defending their faith despite the considerable counter-evidence provided by recent events.
Eric Schoenberg: Zombie Economics and Just Deserts: Why the Right Is Winning the Economic Debate Eric Schoenberg 2011
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They even go to the extent of denying the most clearly formed and documented counter-evidence.
Jillian York: Paranoid Politics: The Denial of Islamophobia 2010
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They even go to the extent of denying the most clearly formed and documented counter-evidence.
Jillian York: Paranoid Politics: The Denial of Islamophobia 2010
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