noun
Meaning 1
A refutation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disproof
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noun
Meaning 2
the act of determining that something is false
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: falsification, falsifying, refutation, refutal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: determination, finding
noun
Meaning 3
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: falsification, refutation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evidence, grounds
Narrower terms: reductio ad absurdum, reductio, confutation, counterexample
History
Etymology
From dis- + proof, after disprove.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: оборване (oborvane) — act of refuting something
- Bulgarian: опровержение (oproverženie) — act of refuting something
- German: Widerlegung — act of refuting something
- German: Gegenbeweis — act of refuting something
- Greek: ανασκευή (anaskeví) — act of refuting something
- Swedish: motbevis — act of refuting something