Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterevidence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-terev-i-dence
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English evidence English counterevidence From counter- + evidence.

Usage

Inflected Forms

counterevidences (plural) counter-evidence (alternative)

Synonyms

counter-evidence

Questions

What does counterevidence mean?: Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
Where does counterevidence come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English evidence English counterevidence From counter- + evidence.

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