counterproof
nounEtymology From counter- + proof.
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Media, Printing, Publishing The inverted image of an original proof.
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Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A proof that contradicts a given statement.
- It seems that ghosts and legendary encounters in general thrive under the protection of law because their extranormal statements and implications require proof and provoke the less convincing counterproof.2001, Linda Dégh, Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre, page 4: