disconfirmation

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as in refutation
something (as an argument) that serves to disprove members of the sect refused to accept the scientific evidence as being in any way a disconfirmation of their deeply held religious beliefs

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Noun
  • The denial cited documentation that the nickname was used to refer to New York decades before Batman was created.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 24 July 2025
  • Judge Robin Rosenberg, in her denial of that petition, said that an unrelated ruling in 2020 by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court does not have the power to unseal grand jury records in instances not covered by the criminal procedure rule.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • The Declaration is sometimes championed by right-libertarians and left-liberals alike as a paean to individualism and a refutation of communitarianism of any kind.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • Every American Girl has the same problems to overcome, and that’s a clear refutation of a progressivist view of history.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
Noun
  • In Cassidy’s time, the pre-academy era, there was next to no assistance for players dealing with rejection or setbacks.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • But this rejection of empathy has paved the way for dehumanizing rhetoric toward entire groups.
    Brian Recker, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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“Disconfirmation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconfirmation. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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