counterhypothesis

noun

coun·​ter·​hy·​poth·​e·​sis ˌkau̇n-tər-hī-ˈpä-thə-səs 

variants or counter-hypothesis

plural counterhypotheses ˌkau̇n-tər-hī-ˈpä-thə-ˌsēz  or counter-hypotheses

: a hypothesis that contradicts another hypothesis

What can be said … of the conflicts that occur when traditional humanistic methods of interpretation run up against the questions, objections, and counterhypotheses of so-called revisionist art history?

—Mark Roskill

Science is a negotiation—an iterative process rooted in asking questions, in testing hypotheses and counter-hypotheses.

—Eric Holt Gimenez

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above