COUNTERFACTUALS Synonyms

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

• related to or involving literary fiction

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• formed or conceived by the imagination

• adopted in order to deceive

• a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

• (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1

• not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

• having been surfaced (e.g. with asphalt)

• imaginative intellectual play

• the enactment of a pretense

• imagined as in a play

• the enactment of a pretense

• imagined as in a play

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• behave unnaturally or affectedly

• put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

• state insincerely

• not financially safe or secure

• not based on fact or investigation

• showing curiosity

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

• concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

• concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

• concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

• expect, believe, or suppose

• going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)