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Definition of Incontrovertible
1. Adjective. Impossible to deny or disprove. "An irrefutable argument"
Similar to: Undeniable
Derivative terms: Incontrovertibility, Incontrovertibleness, Positivity
2. Adjective. Necessarily or demonstrably true. "Demonstrable truths"
Similar to: Incontestable, Incontestible
Derivative terms: Incontrovertibleness
Definition of Incontrovertible
1. a. Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.
Definition of Incontrovertible
1. Adjective. Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incontrovertible
Literary usage of Incontrovertible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"they bore what seemed to me and my associates to be incontrovertible evidence of
the immedi- diate effect of cross-pollination. ..."
2. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"Incontrovertible. INDUBITABLE. UNQUESTIONABLE. INDISPUTABLE. UNDENIABLE. ...
Incontrovertible is employed of statements, views, or opinions, evidence, ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1855)
"... and that, the general statement should be placed on incontrovertible ground ;
otherwise the argument will recoil with redoubled force. ..."
4. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Incontrovertible. See INDUBITABLE. We inconvenience in small matters, or by
omitting such things as might be convenient; we annoy or molest by doing that ..."
5. A Whimsey Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1906)
"Light wings in sighing sink, till, rising bright, Night's Virgin Pilgrim swims
in vivid light. Incontrovertible FACTS NO ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1804)
"It must be here observed that there are no certain and incontrovertible arguments,
by which it can be shewn that I -f ? ..."
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