as in rebuttal
something (as an argument) that serves to disprove
these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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Recent Examples of refutation
But not a refutation of the broader bull case just yet.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
But The Dry Season is anything but a refutation of her earlier work.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Is the month-long surge in Treasury yields a confirmation, a refutation, or a threat, to the prevailing soft-economic-landing outlook?
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
That was interpreted, understandably, as a refutation of the company’s recent push toward more diverse characters and creators.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
But The Dry Season is anything but a refutation of her earlier work.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Is the month-long surge in Treasury yields a confirmation, a refutation, or a threat, to the prevailing soft-economic-landing outlook?
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
That was interpreted, understandably, as a refutation of the company’s recent push toward more diverse characters and creators.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refutation
Noun
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Which, in hindsight, was probably not the ideal public rebuttal against anonymous coaches who threw shade his way.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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Every polished shoe and pinstripe was a rebuttal to the caricatures surrounding him.—
Achille Tenkiang,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The disproof of the telescope conjecture is like that.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Aug. 2023
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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
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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refutation. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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