counterexample

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ example

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Noun

counterexample (plural counterexamples)

(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

Translations

instance of the falsity

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
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)
Polish: kontrprzykład m
Romanian: contraexemplu n
Russian: контрприме́р (ru) m (kontrprimér)
Slovak: protipríklad m
Spanish: antiejemplo m
Ukrainian: контрпри́клад m (kontrprýklad)
West Frisian: tsjinfoarbyld n

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