Counterexample

Meaning

Noun

●

In Logic:

An

that

a general

; an exception to a general

; a specific

of the

of (and

of) any

of a

or statement.

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Origin

counterexample

English

counter-

English

example

English

example

Middle English (1100-1500)

essample

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

exemplum

Latin

exemptus

Latin

eximo

Latin

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