counterinterpretation

noun

coun·​ter·​in·​ter·​pre·​ta·​tion ˌkau̇n-tər-in-ˌtər-prə-ˈtā-shən 

-pə-

variants or counter-interpretation

plural counterinterpretations or counter-interpretations

: an alternative or contradictory interpretation

… pretests were administered and the data were adjusted … to rule out a counterinterpretation that differences between groups … were due to initial differences and not to the treatment effect …

—Youxiang Mao and Dorothy B. Zakrajsek

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above