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counterfactual (adj.)

also counter-factual, "expressing a 'what if;' expressing what has not happened but could have," by 1946, from counter- + factual.

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Definitions of counterfactual from WordNet

counterfactual (adj.)
going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis);
Synonyms: contrary to fact
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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