counterexample

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *komterosder.

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrāder.

Old French contre-

Anglo-Norman countre-bor.

Middle English counter-

English counter-

English example

English counterexample

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.

Derived terms

• pseudo-counterexample

Related terms

• counterargue
• counterargument
• counterexemplification
• counterexemplify

Translations

instance of the falsity

• Arabic: مِثَال مُعَاكِس m (miṯāl muʕākis), مِثَال مُضَادّ m (miṯāl muḍādd)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: контрпры́клад m (kontrprýklad)
• Bulgarian: контраприме́р m (kontraprimér)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反例 (zh) (fǎnlì)

• Czech: protipříklad m
• Dutch: tegenvoorbeeld (nl) n
• Esperanto: kontraŭekzemplo
• Finnish: vastaesimerkki
• French: contrexemple (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: tsjinfoarbyld n

• German: Gegenbeispiel (de) n
• Greek: αντιπαράδειγμα (el) n (antiparádeigma)
• Italian: controesempio m
• Japanese: 反例 (ja) (はんれい, hanrei)
• Korean: 반례 (ko) (ballye), 반증 (ko) (banjeung)
• Macedonian: противпример m (protivprimer)
• Persian: مثال نقض (fa) (mesâl-e naġz)
• Polish: kontrprzykład m
• Romanian: contraexemplu n
• Russian: контрприме́р (ru) m (kontrprimér)
• Slovak: protipríklad m
• Spanish: antiejemplo (es) m
• Swedish: motexempel n
• Ukrainian: контрпри́клад m (kontrprýklad)