Antonyms for refutation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ref-yoo-tey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛf yʊˈteɪ ʃən |
Definition of refutation
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French réfutation (16c.) and directly from Latin refutationem (nominative refutatio) "disproof of a claim or argument," noun of action from past participle stem of refutare (see refute).
- noun rebuttal
- noun disproving
- He could assert now, without fear of refutation, that Stryker had lied.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- What should be the climax of a triumphant argument becomes its refutation.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- For now, as always, I am unequal to the refutation of not-being.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- The conclusion at which we must arrive is that the Parmenides is not a refutation of the Eleatic philosophy.
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- How then, without a word of explanation, could Plato assign to them the refutation of their own tenets?
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- Why, Mr. President, the Senator's own speech is a refutation of its own argument.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
- He turned on his heel, disgusted at this refutation of his theories.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- But it is false as it is foul, and carries its own refutation on its face.
- Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
- The hard eyes of the outlaw challenged a refutation of his claim.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- They had best be stated here, that the life which follows may serve as their refutation.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Synonyms for refutation
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