different between fact vs counterfactual
fact
English
Etymology
From Latin factum (“a deed, act, exploit; in Medieval Latin also state, condition, circumstance”), neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of feat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Noun
fact (countable and uncountable, plural facts)
- Something actual as opposed to invented.
- Something which is real.
- Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
- Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
- An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
- Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
- (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
- (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
- She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ix:
- (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
Antonyms
- (Something actual): fiction
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- value
- opinion
- belief
References
- fact at OneLook Dictionary Search
- fact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "Conway: 'Alternative Facts'" Merriam-Webster's Trend Watch Merriam-Webster. 2017.
Interjection
fact
- Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Anagrams
- acft
fact From the web:
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counterfactual
English
Etymology
counter- +? factual
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?ka?nt??fækt?u?l/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ka?n.t?(?)?fæk.t?u.?l/
Adjective
counterfactual
- Contrary to the facts; untrue.
- Of or in comparison to a hypothetical state of the world.
Translations
Noun
counterfactual (plural counterfactuals)
- A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
- A hypothetical state of the world, used to assess the impact of an action.
- 2015, Lee Drutman, "Here's the real reason we don't have gun reform", Vox
- The implicit counterfactual — that these members would support gun control if not for the $1,000 they received from the NRA — seems unlikely to me.
- 2015, Lee Drutman, "Here's the real reason we don't have gun reform", Vox
- (linguistics, philosophy) A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false, as "If I had arrived on time . . .".
- 1952, B. J. Diggs, "VI.—Counterfactual Conditionals," Mind, vol. 61, no. 244, page 513:
- In recent years there has been increasing discussion of the "problem of counterfactuals". One way of formulating this problem is as follows: "What is meant when one asserts a conditional statement, the antecedent of which is contrary to fact?"
- 1952, B. J. Diggs, "VI.—Counterfactual Conditionals," Mind, vol. 61, no. 244, page 513:
See also
- alternative fact
References
counterfactual From the web:
- what counterfactuals can be tested
- counterfactual what if
- counterfactual meaning
- what is counterfactual thinking
- what does counterfactual mean
- what is counterfactual analysis
- what is counterfactual history
- what is counterfactual in impact evaluation
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