HyperDic: contrary_to_fact

English > 1 sense of the expression *contrary to fact*:
ADJECTIVE	all	contrary to fact, counterfactual	going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

English > *contrary to fact*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis).
Synonym	counterfactual
Broader	conditional	imposing or depending on or containing a condition