adj.
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).
counterfactual coun'ter·fac'tu·al n.
counterfactual
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coun·ter·fac·tu·al (koun'tər-făk'chū-əl)  |
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adjective
- Devoid of truth: false, specious, spurious, truthless, untrue, untruthful, wrong. See true/false.
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
Synonym: contrary to fact
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