disconfirmv.

Brit.

/ˌdɪskənˈfəːm/, U.S.

/ˌdɪskənˈfərm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, confirm v.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + confirm v.

transitive. To show that (a statement, hypothesis, etc.) is not or may not be true; to disprove, invalidate. Also: to state that (a rumour, report, etc.) is untrue; to refute. Frequently in opposition to confirm.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > contradict, go against [verb (transitive)]

traverse1491

to make against ——a1540

contradict1593

to give the lie (to)1593

dementie1594

belie1624

militate1642

contravenea1670

disconfirm1827

contra-indicate1880

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. x. 168 For the purpose of confirming or disconfirming the truth of a dubious recollection of this sort, I have communicated it to some other person, whose opportunities of observation or means of judgment have appeared to render him more or less qualified to help me out.

1936 R. Carnap in Philos. Sci. 3 425 We may, if we wish, call a sentence disconfirmed in a certain degree if its negation is confirmed in that degree.

1960 E. Katz et al. in G. W. Baker et al. Symp. Human Probl. Utilization Fallout Shelters 202 The kinds of verification behavior that different sorts of people undertook in order to confirm or disconfirm their initial interpretations.

1995 Washington Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. a15 When asked to comment on the reports of Mr. Lukashenko's speech, a Belarus official in Washington said, ‘I can neither confirm nor disconfirm them.’

2003 Guardian 2 July i. 19/2 The press will have to learn to be..as shrewd in triangulating facts that confirm or disconfirm the accounts it collects.

Derivatives

ˌdisconˈfirmable adj.

ΚΠ

1949 A. Pap Elem. Analyt. Philos. xiii. 326 Such a translation still does not make the theological sentence in principle confirmable or disconfirmable.

2005 Oklahoman (Nexis) 16 Aug. 8 a In order to be scientific, a theory must be disconfirmable... It must be possible, at least in principle, to describe a set of observations or experimental outcomes that would prove the theory to be incorrect.

disconˈfirming adj.

ΚΠ

1937 Jrnl. Philos. 34 675 A disconfirming instance with respect to T is represented by a pair of B-sentences such that from one of them, one can deduce, by means of T, the negation of the other.

1974 M. Barkun Disaster & Millennium iii. 81 The disconfirming, anomalous cases refuse to disappear.

2006 Marketing Sci. (Nexis) July 301 A bias against disconfirming evidence can be strong enough to lead individuals to confidently believe in a wrong opinion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disconfirm
释义	disconfirmv. Brit. /ˌdɪskənˈfəːm/, U.S. /ˌdɪskənˈfərm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, confirm v. Etymology: < dis- prefix + confirm v. transitive. To show that (a statement, hypothesis, etc.) is not or may not be true; to disprove, invalidate. Also: to state that (a rumour, report, etc.) is untrue; to refute. Frequently in opposition to confirm. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > contradict, go against [verb (transitive)] traverse1491 to make against ——a1540 contradict1593 to give the lie (to)1593 dementie1594 belie1624 militate1642 contravenea1670 disconfirm1827 contra-indicate1880 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. x. 168 For the purpose of confirming or disconfirming the truth of a dubious recollection of this sort, I have communicated it to some other person, whose opportunities of observation or means of judgment have appeared to render him more or less qualified to help me out. 1936 R. Carnap in Philos. Sci. 3 425 We may, if we wish, call a sentence disconfirmed in a certain degree if its negation is confirmed in that degree. 1960 E. Katz et al. in G. W. Baker et al. Symp. Human Probl. Utilization Fallout Shelters 202 The kinds of verification behavior that different sorts of people undertook in order to confirm or disconfirm their initial interpretations. 1995 Washington Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. a15 When asked to comment on the reports of Mr. Lukashenko's speech, a Belarus official in Washington said, ‘I can neither confirm nor disconfirm them.’ 2003 Guardian 2 July i. 19/2 The press will have to learn to be..as shrewd in triangulating facts that confirm or disconfirm the accounts it collects. Derivatives ˌdisconˈfirmable adj. ΚΠ 1949 A. Pap Elem. Analyt. Philos. xiii. 326 Such a translation still does not make the theological sentence in principle confirmable or disconfirmable. 2005 Oklahoman (Nexis) 16 Aug. 8 a In order to be scientific, a theory must be disconfirmable... It must be possible, at least in principle, to describe a set of observations or experimental outcomes that would prove the theory to be incorrect. disconˈfirming adj. ΚΠ 1937 Jrnl. Philos. 34 675 A disconfirming instance with respect to T is represented by a pair of B-sentences such that from one of them, one can deduce, by means of T, the negation of the other. 1974 M. Barkun Disaster & Millennium iii. 81 The disconfirming, anomalous cases refuse to disappear. 2006 Marketing Sci. (Nexis) July 301 A bias against disconfirming evidence can be strong enough to lead individuals to confidently believe in a wrong opinion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1827
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