Definition of refutation
:the act or process of refuting
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Examples of refutation in a Sentence
these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
Recent Examples of refutation from the Web
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One direct refutation came in an e-mail from the Interior Department’s lead Gold King Mine official.
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To Lieberman, the 2016 study was not a refutation but a confirmation.
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Sputnik News published a refutation, indicating that the fund was not a part of Russian state bank Vnesheconombank, as the CNN report had claimed.
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There must be greater efforts from government, civil society and religious groups to ensure the condemnations, refutations and alternatives to terrorism are sufficiently present and accessible online.
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The best refutation of what Loomis said comes in the fact that Willie Godbolt and Michael Wayne Pettigrew are still alive today.
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Twitter Facebook − + pabb freedomhawk • 3 months ago ah, no refutation, just insults.
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In fact, Durocher’s 51-year career as a player and manager was an emphatic refutation of his famous words.
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So far, the model has resisted all attempts at refutation.
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First Known Use of refutation
1536
refutation Synonyms
Synonyms
disconfirmation, disproof, rebuttal, confutationAntonyms
proofRelated Words
counterargument, counterevidenceNear Antonyms
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