contrefactuel

kɔ̃tʁəfaktɥɛl

contrafactuel, contrefactuelle, contrefactuelles

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Definition of contrefactuel - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

hypothèse

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qui concerne des situations imaginaires qui auraient pu arriver

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L'historien a développé un raisonnement contrefactuel sur cette bataille.

hypothétique

imaginaire

supposé

Noun, masculine

philosophie

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énoncé qui exprime ce qui se serait passé dans une situation différente

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Ce contrefactuel aide à comprendre les causes de l'événement.

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Origin of contrefactuel

préfixe contre (opposé) + factuel (relatif aux faits)

Examples of contrefactuel in a sentence

Les économistes utilisent souvent des modèles contrefactuels.
Le philosophe a proposé un contrefactuel pour illustrer son argument.
Les élèves ont débattu sur la validité de ce contrefactuel.

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English:counterfactual, counterfactual statement, ...
German:kontrafaktisch, Kontrafaktual, ...
Italian:controfattuale, ...
Spanish:contrafactual, enunciado contrafactual, ...
Portuguese:contrafactual, enunciado contrafactual, ...
Chinese:反事实的, 反事实命题, ...
Japanese:反事実的な, 反事実的命題, ...
Arabic:افتراضي, عبارة افتراضية مضادة للواقع, ...
Hebrew:נֶגֶד-עוּבְדָּתִי, הַצְהָרָה תֵּאוֹרֶטִית, ...
Russian:контрфактический, контрфактуал, ...
Ukrainian:контрфактичний, контрфакт, ...
Catalan:contrafactual, ...
Danish:kontrafaktisk, kontrafaktisk udsagn, ...
Dutch:contrafeitelijk, contrafeitueel, ...
Greek:αντιπραγματικός, αντιθετικό ενδεχόμενο, ...
Khmer:ប្រឆាំងនឹងការពិត, សេចក្តីសន្មតផ្ទុយពីការពិត, ...
Korean:반사실적, 반사실적 명제, ...
Polish:kontrafaktyczny, kontrafaktyk, ...
Portuguese (BR):contrafactual, enunciado contrafactual, ...
Romanian:contrafactual, ipoteză, ...
Swedish:kontrafaktisk, kontrafaktiskt påstående, ...
Thai:เชิงสมมุติ, ข้อความเชิงสมมุติ, ...
Turkish:karşıolgusal, karşı-olgusal önerme, ...
Vietnamese:phản thực tế, mệnh đề phản thực, ...

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Definition of contrefactuel - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

Noun, masculine

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