counterfactualism

noun

Synonym of counterfactuality.

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counterfactuality
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Meanings

nouncounterfactualism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSynonym of counterfactuality.

    Gavriel D. Rosenfeld has devoted an entire book to a discussion of WWII counterfactualism: The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism.

    2012, Robert von Dassanowsky, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: A Manipulation of Metacinema, page 287

    Synonyms: counterfactuality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of counterfactuality.

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counterfactuality

Origin

From counterfactual + -ism.

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APA

counterfactualism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfactualism

MLA

“counterfactualism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfactualism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterfactualism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterfactualism.

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