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refutation
/ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
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What does refutation mean?
noun
- An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
- A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
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Not in all history can one cite an example of a belief destroyed or reduced by means of refutation.
But the thinking world has at last been borne by the general development of a scientific atmosphere beyond that kind of refutation.
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We cannot give a complete refutation of the impression that Eastern seed corn does not yield well the first season in California.
To mitigate life for a woman of ninety was an unfailing refutation of the statement that the Settlement was designed for the young.
The people, in the case of which we speak, could justify its prejudice against Roger Chillingworth by no fact or argument worthy of serious refutation.