counter-hypothesis
noun[C]
(counterhypothesis)uk/ˌkaʊn.tə.haɪˈpɒθ.ə.sɪs/us/kaʊn.t̬ɚ.haɪˈpɑː.θə.sɪs/pluralcounter-hypothesesahypothesis(= anexplanationfor something that isbasedonknownfactsbut has notyetbeenproved)thatstatessomething different from and oftenoppositeto anotherhypothesis:
One couldadvancea counter-hypothesis.
The counterhypothesispredictsagreateruse ofvariantforms.
- The secondobjectiveof thestudyis toexplicitlyevaluatecounter-hypotheses.
- Theyofferthe counter-hypothesis thatHomoerectus had proto-sign and protospeech.
- Thus I have beenabletopresenta counter-hypothesis to Stein.
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- anthropocentrism
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- brainwave
- great minds think alikeidiom
- hunch
- hypothesis
- idea
- ideologue
- nonconceptual
- nostrum
- opinion
- panspermia
- perception
- someone'sidea ofsomethingidiom
- theory
- thinking
- trope