Counterfactual conditional
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A counterfactual conditional, subjunctive conditional, or remote conditional, abbreviated cf, is a conditional (or "if-then") statement indicating what would be the case if its antecedent were true (although it is not true). This is to be contrasted with an indicative conditional, which indicates what is (in fact) the case if its antecedent is (in fact) true (which it may or may not be).
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See also
- English conditional sentences
- Indicative conditional
- Irrealis moods
- Logical consequence
- Material conditional
- Optative mood
- Principle of explosion
- Subjunctive mood
- Thought experiment
- Possible world semantics
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