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disconfirmation|dɪˌskɒnfəˈmeɪʃən| [dis- 9.] The process or result of disconfirming.
1937O. Neurath in Philos. Sci. IV. 276, I..proposed that we employ the terms ‘confirmation’ and ‘disconfirmation’. 1943[see disconfirm v.]. 1945Mind LIV. 2 The concepts of confirmation and disconfirmation..are..more comprehensive than those of conclusive verification and falsification. 1965Language XLI. 261 Critics of transformational theory take these experimental results as disconfirmation. |