disproof

English

Alternative forms

• disprofe, disproufe (obsolete, 16th century)

Etymology

From dis- +‎ proof, after disprove.

Pronunciation

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Noun

disproof (plural disproofs)

1. A refutation.
   • 2023 August 11, Ian Bogost, “There’s No Shame in Flaking”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 November 2023:

     Online life is surely to blame, even if not exclusively. For every question, suggestion, and idea that comes up, someone can always, and immediately, seek affirmation or disproof. You say you emailed the document, and yet look at my screen—no email arrived.

Synonyms

• refutation
• confutation

Related terms

• disprove

Translations

act of refuting something

• Bulgarian: оборване (bg) n (oborvane), опровержение (bg) n (oproverženie)
• German: Widerlegung (de) f, Gegenbeweis (de) m
• Greek: ανασκευή (el) f (anaskeví)
• Swedish: motbevis n

Further reading

• “disproof”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “disproof”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “disproof”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.