counterevidence

noun

Definition of counterevidencenext
as in counterargument

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Recent Examples of counterevidence Other scientists point to a mountain of counterevidence showing that facial movements during emotions vary too widely to be universal beacons of emotional meaning. — Lisa Feldman Barrett, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2022 Archaeological and geological counterevidence concerning Oak Island and the Money Pit point to something well short of an Indiana Jones movie. — Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2021 An effective science defender will listen to a person’s reasons for not masking or vaccinating and share counterevidence without questioning their competence, good will or intelligence. — Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2021 Even the consensus may get scrapped and rewritten if sufficient, credible counterevidence turns up. — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterevidence
  1. counterargument
  2. refutation
  3. rebuttal
Noun
  • After forming your own opinion, ask AI to present the strongest counterarguments.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Despite a compelling counterargument from Haynes, everyone ultimately sided with faithful of all faithfuls Efron, and she was banished.
    — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of counterargument
Noun
  • The authors see this as a refutation of the hypothesis that megalodons relied on nursery areas to rear their young, since a baby megalodon would be quite capable of hunting and killing marine mammals based on size alone.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2025
  • By this point, there’s no need to rehash its difficult production: What matters is what’s on the screen, a tale of how a wayward son (Al Pacino) discovers that his mild refutations of his family’s dark business are ultimately just talk.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of refutation
Noun
  • Lee’s trial testimony was the prosecution’s rebuttal.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Elissa Slotkin gave the Democratic rebuttal to Trump just two months into her tenure in the U.S. Senate, having narrowly defeated Republican Mike Rogers to win an open seat in a presidential battleground state -- despite Trump carrying the state.
    — Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebuttal

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“Counterevidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterevidence. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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