counterexample
Plural: counterexamples
Noun
- refutation by example
- An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.
Origin / Etymology
From counter- + example.
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