Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An example that refutes or disproves a hypothesis, proposition, or theorem.
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- noun logic An exception to a proposed general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of a universally quantified statement.
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- noun refutation by example
Etymologies
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Examples
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Implicit in the counterexample is that aggression must be not only defensive but also proportionate.
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But that aside, how great a counterexample is this really?
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Your counterexample is the pay scales of the US Army.
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Aschlafly 2010
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Aschlafly 2010
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] NotesTH 2010
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Yill 2010
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
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It is misleading to call the counterexample the "flatness problem," and then pretend it has a solution.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Yill 2010
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