Definisjon av refutation

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Noun

refutation - the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
defense, defence
answer a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"
confutation evidence that refutes conclusively
refutation - any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
disproof, falsification
evidence, grounds your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"
reductio, reductio ad absurdum (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
confutation evidence that refutes conclusively
refutation - the act of determining that something is false
falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutal
finding, determination the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
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Substantiv

refutation - An act of refuting or disproving; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; confutation; disproof; evidence of falseness.
refutation - A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.

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