counterevidence

Definitions

Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“People persevere in asserting all sorts of things in the face⟳ of apparent counterevidence.”

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