Counterevidence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Counterevidence is a noun meaning (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
Meaning
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
Example Sentences
People persevere in asserting all sorts of things in the face of apparent counterevidence.
Having been strongly pressed to do so, I gave counter-evidence, and I believe, in the opinion of the Commission, demolished the Doctor a second time.
As the alternative norms and counterevidences are uncovered, it is the evaluator's task to determine inconsistency, contradiction, and subterfuge, and then to render his own verdict.
Word Forms
- counterevidences
- counter-evidence
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counter-evidence, counterproof, counterexemplification, counterlegal, counterinstance, counterexample.
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