Counterfactuality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Counterfactuality is a noun meaning The quality of being counterfactual.
Meaning
The quality of being counterfactual.
Example Sentences
Malkin and Stacks, along with Robert Dallek, James McPherson and other contributors to the anthology (edited by Robert Cowley) take such questions as the jumping-off points for exercises in counterfactuality, the historian's term for speculation about how the past might have unfolded if a particular event had happened otherwise.
Word Forms
- counterfactualities
Antonyms for counterfactuality
Common opposites include factuality.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterfactualness, counteradaptivity, counterfeitness, contradictiveness, counterproductivity, countercyclicality.
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