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counterexample

The English word “counterexample” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. 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.

Etymology

From counter- + example.

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