Refutation
[,refjuː'teɪʃən] or [,rɛfjʊ'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
Editor: Rebekah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Confutation, disproof.
Checker: Patrice
Examples
- Two posts came in, and brought no refutation, public or private. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- To form a clear idea of any thing, is an undeniable argument for its possibility, and is alone a refutation of any pretended demonstration against it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The system of physical points, which is another medium, is too absurd to need a refutation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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