counterfactual love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Running contrary to the facts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective contrary to fact; -- of assertions, ideas, assumptions.

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  • adjective Contrary to the facts; untrue.
  • noun A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.

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  • adjective going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ factual

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  • Running contrary to the facts: "Cold war historiography vividly illustrates how the selection of the counterfactual question to be asked generally anticipates the desired answer" (Timothy Garton Ash)

    July 1, 2007

  • The best use I heard of this was "What I'm hearing here is actually counterfactual". Meaning,of course,"You're a liar".

    February 8, 2008