Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterfactually

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter-fac-tu-al-ly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a counterfactual way.

Example Sentences

"All they do is to emphasize the causal link between experience and the relevant belief by expressing it counterfactually: If S ’s experience had been different, S would have had a different belief (with a different content a la (P1))."

Etymology

Etymology tree English counterfactual Middle English -ly English -ly English counterfactually From counterfactual + -ly.

Questions

What does counterfactually mean?: In a counterfactual way.
Where does counterfactually come from?: Etymology tree English counterfactual Middle English -ly English -ly English counterfactually From counterfactual + -ly.

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