Refutation synonyms

rĭ-fyo͝ot'l

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refuting
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rebuttal
The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
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denial (related)
(--- Psychology) An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.
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contradiction
A statement in opposition to another; denial
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refusal (related)
Rejection of goods or denial of services to which a person is entitled; not completing a contract by either non-acceptance or nonpayment for goods or services; a chance to accept or reject something before any one else is offered that chance; the privilege of being afforded such a chance, also known as the right of first refusal.
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argument
(Mathematics) The independent variable of a function.
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disproof
The act of disproving; refutation
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disprove
To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
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invalidate
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
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repeal
To repeal is defined as to formally withdraw, or to take something back.
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falsification
Showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong
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falsifying
the act of determining that something is false
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defense
Government policy or structure related to the military.
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defence
Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
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natural theology (related)
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theism (related)
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explication (related)
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atheism (related)
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hegelianism (related)
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exegesis (related)
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inerrancy (related)
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reinterpretation (related)
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confutation
Something that confutes.
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refutatory
Tending to refute.
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deny
To refuse to grant or give
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refutative
Serving to refute; refutatory.
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elenchus
A logical refutation, esp. one that disproves a proposition by proving the direct contrary of its conclusion
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rebut
To provide opposing arguments
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Refutation Sentence Examples

  • The second part is the refutation of the doctrines of John XXII.

  • The work is professedly a refutation of Hutcheson, but is rather constructive than polemical.

  • The next year (1540) he published a refutation of the attacks upon his doctrine with a more elaborate exposition of it, under the title Grosse Confession.

  • Such vagaries require no refutation.

  • His early friend and school companion, Adelmann, archdeacon of Liege, wrote to him letters of expostulation on the subject of this report in 1046 and 1048; and a bishop, Hugo of Langres, wrote (about 1049) a refutation of the views which he had himself heard Berengar express in conversation.

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