refutation
See also: réfutation
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
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
- A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
Translations
an act of refuting
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References
- refutation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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