Antonyms for substantiation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhb-stan-shee-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : səbˈstæn ʃiˌeɪt


Definition of substantiation

Origin :
  • 1650s, "to make real, to give substance to," from Modern Latin substantiatus, past participle of substantiare, from Latin substantia (see substance). Meaning "to demonstrate or prove" is attested from 1803. Related: Substantiated; substantiating.
  • noun embodiment
Example sentences :
  • Otherwise there could be no substantiation until the judgment day.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
  • What I learned was simply a substantiation of what I'd already surmised.
  • Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker
  • Have you got plenty of substantiation in case he tries to deny it later.
  • Extract from : « Helen in the Editor's Chair » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • Alas, that their claims have no substantiation in our receptivities!
  • Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
  • For this contention there is substantiation of a superficial nature.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
  • Then followed in rapid review the facts of history in substantiation of the claim.
  • Extract from : « Vondel's Lucifer » by Joost van den Vondel
  • References to places and affairs in Oregon were quoted in substantiation of their conclusions.
  • Extract from : « The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914 » by Various
  • Neither the sea nor the forest so lends itself to the substantiation of the supernatural as does the mine.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • In substantiation of this view of the First Article, the declaration of Mr. Boutwell to that effect is here inserted.
  • Extract from : « History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States » by Edmund G. Ross
  • For the substantiation of a claim for particular average the following documents are required: Protest of master or logbook.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6 » by Various

Synonyms for substantiation

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