Hypothetical
Hypothetical adjective - Existing only as an assumption or speculation.
Nearby Words: hypothesis, hypothetic
True
True adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.
Usage example: the true scope of this environmental problem is far greater than anyone imagined
Hypothetical is an antonym for true.
Both words in one sentence
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This is Charles Wallace's mission in A Swiftly Tilting Planet, as the Echthroi have created a Might-Have-Been (a hypothetical timeline that is in the process of supplanting the true timeline) where the world is destroyed by nuclear war.
Source: Set Right What Once Went Wrong
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