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- noun printing  The inverted image of an originalproof .
- noun logic  A proof thatcontradicts a givenstatement .
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Hopefully you will be able to present some counterproof tomorrow. Hillary Says Obama Is Politicizing Bhutto Assassination 2009 
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								There's no counterproof that that's not exactly what was being plotted. 
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								Again, Jupiter, which you cited as proof of your statement is a counterproof. Hits « Climate Audit 2005 
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								The primary importance of that aspect of the prob - lem is demonstrated by a counterproof. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION ELISABETH LABROUSSE 1968 
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								The counterproof in the southern hemisphere, where the deviation of the pendulum must be counter-clockwise, has not been made to this day. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913 
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								The national acceptance of the laws of the Constituent Assembly was the counterproof of its work. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Alphonse de Lamartine 1829 
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								This is an obvious counterproof to Kristof's thesis, yet it escapes him. Elder of Ziyon 2010 
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								Its instrument is not simply psychological analysis, but also historical analysis as a counterproof. [ 
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