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English noun: refutation | |||
| 1. | refutation (communication) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | ||
| Samples | His refutation of the charges was short and persuasive. In defense he said the other man started it. | ||
| Synonyms | defence, defense | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | answer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | confutation, rebuttal | ||
| 2. | refutation (cognition) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | ||
| Synonyms | disproof, falsification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evidence, grounds | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | confutation, counterexample, reductio, reductio ad absurdum | ||
| 3. | refutation (act) the act of determining that something is false | ||
| Synonyms | disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | determination, finding | ||
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