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
Epstein dismantled it long ago in The Sports Gene, and the empirical disproofs have been mounting ever since.
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Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
If the evolution of China’s political and economic systems was merely disproof of Fukuyama’s thinking, that would be striking enough.
—Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2025
This is a closed system in which nothing can serve as disproof.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
The disproof of the telescope conjecture is like that.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 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
Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
If the evolution of China’s political and economic systems was merely disproof of Fukuyama’s thinking, that would be striking enough.
—Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2025
This is a closed system in which nothing can serve as disproof.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
The disproof of the telescope conjecture is like that.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd.
—Jeremy P. Shapiro, The Conversation, 2 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disproof
refutation
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For the Guardian writer, the question was a rare refutation of Betteridge’s law, the journalistic adage stating that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered with a no.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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However, some legal experts and investors are anticipating a partial or full refutation of the president’s IEEPA tariffs, as the justices showed skepticism during arguments about the president’s authority to levy such taxes without Congressional approval.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Disproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disproof. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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