counterfactualadjective
uk/ˌkaʊn.təˈfæk.tʃu.əl//ˌkaʊn.t̬ɚˈfæk.tʃu.əl/formalthinking about what did not happen but could have happened, or relating to this kind of thinking :
Thoughts about how an embarrassing event might have turned out differently are known to psychologists as counterfactual thinking.
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Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- meditate
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- thinking
- worry
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