About The Word Refutation
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Refutation
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What's The Definition Of Refutation?
[n] the act of determining that something is false
[n] any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something [n] the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" Synonyms | Synonyms for Refutation: defence | defense | disproof | disproof | falsification | falsification | falsifying Related Terms | Find terms related to Refutation: See Also | answer | confutation | confutation | counterexample | determination | evidence | finding | grounds | rebuttal | reductio | reductio ad absurdum Refutation In Webster's Dictionary \Ref`u*ta"tion\ (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio:
cf. F. r['e]futation.]
The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of
being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing
of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by
argument or countervailing proof.
Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging
than a refutation. --Macaulay.
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