counterhypothesis
noun
variants:
or counter-hypothesis
Definition of counterhypothesis
: a hypothesis that contradicts another hypothesis
What can be said … of the conflicts that occur when traditional humanistic methods of interpretation run up against the questions, objections, and counterhypotheses of so-called revisionist art history?— Mark Roskill Science is a negotiation—an iterative process rooted in asking questions, in testing hypotheses and counter-hypotheses.— Eric Holt Gimenez
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