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Refutation

Refutation Meaning & Definition
Refutation Definition And Meaning

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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