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Definition of Refutation
1. Noun. The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions. "In defense he said the other man started it"
Generic synonyms: Answer
Specialized synonyms: Confutation, Rebuttal
Derivative terms: Refute
2. Noun. Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something.
Generic synonyms: Evidence, Grounds
Specialized synonyms: Reductio, Reductio Ad Absurdum, Confutation, Counterexample
Derivative terms: Falsify, Refute, Refute
3. Noun. The act of determining that something is false.
Generic synonyms: Determination, Finding
Derivative terms: Falsify, Refute
Definition of Refutation
1. n. The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof.
Definition of Refutation
1. Noun. An act of refuting or disproving; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; confutation; disproof; evidence of falseness. ¹
2. Noun. A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Refutation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refutation
Literary usage of Refutation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"THE following are the contents of the first book of The refutation of au
Heresies.1 We propose to furnish an account of the tenets of natural philosophers, ..."
2. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1908)
"The general rule, then, is the same in refutation as in • all other forms of ...
POSITION OF refutation If a writer or speaker is advocating an extremely ..."
3. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1908)
"The general rule, then, is the same in refutation as in all other forms of discourse,
... H. POSITION OF refutation If a writer or speaker is advocating an ..."
4. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"If, on the other hand, the constructive argument does not require this preliminary
clearing of the ground, and if the refutation depends for its cogency on ..."
5. The Principles of Argumentation by George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington (1905)
"Indeed, one part of presenting evidence, handling it in relation to the case of
one's opponent, refutation, may best be considered by a student before he ..."
6. Introduction to the Talmud: Historical and Literary Introduction, Legal by Moses Mielziner (1903)
"A refutation consists either in proving that a given proposition is false, or in
overthrowing the arguments by which it has been supported. ..."
7. The Art of Debate by Warren Choate Shaw (1922)
"Importance of refutation in Debate.—Without refutation, debate is impossible;
for debate is essentially an art ..."
8. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1901)
"This is, therefore, the proper place for its refutation. refutation OF IDEALISM
Idealism—I mean material' idealism—is the theory which declares the ..."
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