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counter-hypothesis
noun[ C ]
( counterhypothesis)uk /ˌkaʊn.tə.haɪˈpɒθ.ə.sɪs/ us /kaʊn.t̬ɚ.haɪˈpɑː.θə.sɪs/pluralcounter-hypotheses
a hypothesis(= an explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved) that states something different from and often opposite to another hypothesis:
One could advance a counter-hypothesis.
The counterhypothesis predicts a greater use of variant forms.
The second objective of the study is to explicitly evaluate counter-hypotheses.
They offer the counter-hypothesis that Homo erectus had proto-sign and protospeech.
Thus I have been able to present a counter-hypothesis to Stein.
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