Talk:refute

Potential Example of Proscribed Definition

NPR (John Ruwitch) writes: "China has refuted the claims." [1] When I first read it, this sentence is absurd to me because it conflates the notion of proving something incorrect with a mere denial. A more reasonable understanding of the sentence in context is 'China has denied the claims.' I don't think Ruwitch saying that 'China has successfully proved inaccurate the claims.' This instance of the usage of the word 'refute' may be a good example for the proscribed definition on the page. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 18:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Here's another example, quoted in the NY Times: [2] “Matt Gaetz has never paid for sex,” his office said in a statement on Thursday, when asked to comment on possible sexual arrangements with women. “Matt Gaetz refutes all the disgusting allegations completely. Matt Gaetz has never ever been on any such websites whatsoever. Matt Gaetz cherishes the relationships in his past and looks forward to marrying the love of his life.” --Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:54, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

[3] 1:05 "He hasn't refuted anything yet." We now live in a world where denial is refutation my friends.
[4] 2:30 "It won't suprise you that we obviously refute the Russian denial" --Geographyinitiative (talk) 21:45, 19 July 2021 (UTC) (Modified)