counterfactual

14 letters · adjective · scores 4,600 in SpellHuntr

adjective

going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

Counterfactual in a sentence

The counterfactual 1982 of the novel plays variations on our historical record and contains clear allusions to the present.

We can spin out complicated counterfactuals that justify the Iraq invasion, and complicated counterfactuals that make it look even worse.

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