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.