counterexample

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.

Similar words

exception that proves the rule counterexemplification pseudo-counterexample counterinstance counterexemplar counterproof counterlegal counter-evidence countercounterargument counterinduction

Often followed by

to is of in for that can and would

Word family

counterexamples