refutation
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See also: réfutation
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]refutation (countable and uncountable, plural refutations)
- An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
- Synonyms: confutation, disproof
- (proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
Usage notes
[edit]- See refute.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]an act of refuting
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References
[edit]- “refutation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.