as in refutation
something (as an argument) that serves to disprove
the DNA evidence was all the disproof needed to overturn the wrongful conviction
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Recent Examples of disproof
The disproof of the telescope conjecture is like that.
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Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
Mistaking a cold snap for disproof of climate change is like mistaking a bad month for Apple stock for proof that Apple isn’t a good long-term investment.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
Innovation is faster and more common when the global pool of scientific talent is engaged and can exchange ideas and share proof, or disproof, of concepts.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2022
From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
And this fact leads to the final reason to resent deception, which is that voters do not accept being lied to unnecessarily – nor about matters subject to easy empirical proof or disproof.
—Michael Blake, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2023
Born 18 years earlier than Chesterton, Shaw outlived him by another 16, his life encompassing both world wars, unprecedented destruction, and the fundamental disproof of his early progressivism and cosmopolitanism.
—M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 5 Dec. 2020
What about the disproof—the later findings that the bubbles linger in the knuckle after the crack?
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
But the insight is right on: A grandiose sense of victimhood, inflamed by epic fantasies and impervious to rational disproof, is one of the best tools there is for victimizing others.
—Will Heinrich, Roberta Smith and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 18 May 2017
Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
Mistaking a cold snap for disproof of climate change is like mistaking a bad month for Apple stock for proof that Apple isn’t a good long-term investment.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
Innovation is faster and more common when the global pool of scientific talent is engaged and can exchange ideas and share proof, or disproof, of concepts.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2022
From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 2023
And this fact leads to the final reason to resent deception, which is that voters do not accept being lied to unnecessarily – nor about matters subject to easy empirical proof or disproof.
—Michael Blake, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2023
Born 18 years earlier than Chesterton, Shaw outlived him by another 16, his life encompassing both world wars, unprecedented destruction, and the fundamental disproof of his early progressivism and cosmopolitanism.
—M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 5 Dec. 2020
What about the disproof—the later findings that the bubbles linger in the knuckle after the crack?
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
But the insight is right on: A grandiose sense of victimhood, inflamed by epic fantasies and impervious to rational disproof, is one of the best tools there is for victimizing others.
—Will Heinrich, Roberta Smith and Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 18 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disproof
refutation
Noun
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Any falsehood or inaccuracy (real or alleged) enunciated by President Donald Trump is almost invariably immediately met with refutation, rebuke, even ridicule by his media critics and political opponents.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2025
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But seen in that light, the updates look less like a refutation of the original than an embrace of its spirit, executed with enough freshness to stand on its own and enough charm to inspire a new generation to fall in like (if not necessarily in love) all over again.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Disproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disproof. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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