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counter-example
counter-example n. 
/ˈkaʊntərᵻɡˌzampl/, /ˈkaʊntərɛɡˌzɑːmpl/, /ˈkaʊntərɛɡˌzampl/, /ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌɛɡˌzæmp(ə)l/ a contradictory instance or illustration; an example that opposes or contrasts with (one previously proposed).
Brit. /ˈkaʊntərᵻɡˌzɑːmpl/
, /ˈkaʊntərᵻɡˌzɑːmpl//ˈkaʊntərᵻɡˌzampl//ˈkaʊntərɛɡˌzɑːmpl//ˈkaʊntərɛɡˌzampl/U.S. /ˈkaʊn(t)ərᵻɡˌzæmp(ə)l/
, /ˈkaʊn(t)ərᵻɡˌzæmp(ə)l//ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌɛɡˌzæmp(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > inconsistency or contradiction > an instance of being inconsistent
discrepancy1583
contradiction1608
inconsistency1647
inconsistent1652
inconsistence1655
counter-example1809
disconnect1982
1809 Examiner 23 July 465/1 A man may be a very good public character, and a very bad private one; giving counter-examples to shew the possibility of such contrarieties.
1903 A. M. Clerke Probl. Astrophysics ii. xiii. 255 A counter-example to T Ursæ is S Cephei, which, observed under the same conditions..was nevertheless recorded as at all times conspicuously red.
1936 Ann. Math. 37 832 In Hilbert space, one can find a counterexample to L5 of this type.
2017 Christian Sci. Monitor 6 Jan. In Congo and Gambia..voters turned out the sitting head of state—but in both cases he has so far refused to step down. (Yet Ghana provides a counterexample, where the incumbent peacefully conceded defeat.)
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