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      counterfactual
      adjective
      going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
      Roots
      contracounter- · Latin · against, oppositefacerefact- · Latin · to make, doualis-ual · Latin · relating to
      Words related to counterfactual
      factualismnsuppositionaryadjnonfactualsuppositionaladjhypotheticadjhypothesisnhypothesesndisconfirmationnsuppositionallyadvfactualadjcounterhypothesisparalogismnunfactapagogedisconfirmhypotheticaladjplausiblenessnunfalsifiableadjpresuppositionnsuppositiveadjparalogistfactualnessnfactualistsuppositionnelenchnonempiricaladjfalsifiableadjfalsismnsupposalnconjecturaladj

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      Where does counterfactual come from?

      The word counterfactual breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: counter-, from Latin contra (“against, opposite”); fact, from Latin facere (“to make, do”); and -ual, from Latin ualis (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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