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.
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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
Even the consensus may get scrapped and rewritten if sufficient, credible counterevidence turns up.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2018
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
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
Noun
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Ruth challenges Becket’s drive for material wealth, offering the counterargument that a modest life can be more rewarding.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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But there’s a counterargument to that.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The images were a refutation—and a response to her husband, who believed the reports and threatened to take their son, Georgio.—
Anika Burgess,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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The death of New START represents the refutation of those decades of work.—
Matthew Gault,
Wired News,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Candidates got 45 seconds to answer and one rebuttal over two hours.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The rebuttal from longtime Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford was the stuff of legend.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Counterevidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterevidence. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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