COUNTERFACTUALITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being contrary to fact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("counterfactuality" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Antonym:

factuality (the quality of being actual or based on fact)

Derivation:

counterfactual (going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis))

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