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counter evidence

Roget category 468

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
4.3. Materials for reasoning
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#468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence

noun

counter evidenceevidence on the other side, evidence on the other handconflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidencedisproof, refutation etc. 479negation etc. 536.
plea etc. 617vindication etc. 937counter protest'tu quoque' argument —" other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield.

verb

countervail, opposemitigate againstrebut etc. (refute) 479subvert etc. (destroy) 162cheek, weakencontravenecontradict etc. (deny) 536tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the caseturn the tablescut both waysprove a negative.
audire alteram partem [Lat.].

adjective

countervailing etc. v. — contradictory.
unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidencesupposititious.

adverb

on the contrary, per contra.

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