Counterfactual

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Running contrary to the facts: "Cold war historiography vividly illustrates how the selection of the counterfactual question to be asked generally anticipates the desired answer” ( Timothy Garton Ash).
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  • adj. Contrary to the facts; untrue.
  • n. A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. contrary to fact; -- of assertions, ideas, assumptions.
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  • adj. going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
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    conditional   
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