| 单词 | counterfactual |
| 释义 | counterfactual (once / 407563 pages) adj WORD FAMILY counterfactual: counterfactuality+/factual: counterfactual, factuality, factually, factualness USAGE EXAMPLESIt isn’t hard to imagine a counterfactual scenario in which Gore would have conceded on the normal schedule. Wall Street Journal(Oct 20, 2016) The counterfactual case would be to assert that if there were less inequality there would be less ethnic nationalism. New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) This is a counterfactual election, its basis is irrationality not rationality. New York Times(Sep 16, 2016) adj going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) Syn contrary to fact conditional imposing or depending on or containing a condition |
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