counterexample

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Etymology

From counter- +‎ example.

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Noun

counterexample (plural counterexamples)

  1. (logic) 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.

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