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单词 disconfirm
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Definition of disconfirm in English:

disconfirm

verb dɪskənˈfəːmˌdiskənˈfərm
[with object]
  • Show that (a belief or hypothesis) is not or may not be true.

    Cohen may have found evidence disconfirming the hypothesis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Contrary to what has been claimed, the theory is not insulated against attempts to disconfirm it.
    • Therefore, if someone acts in a way that challenges or disconfirms their attitude, they are likely to change their attitude.
    • It seems that people usually feel no need to question their developing beliefs, and that evidence which might disconfirm them is ignored.
    • His sense of self-preservation requires his conception to be veridical, and is threatened when it is disconfirmed.
    • In other words, the dynamics of conversation may provide a test procedure to confirm or disconfirm a particular analysis.
    • In search of an answer, I sought biographical details that might confirm or disconfirm my thinking.
    • Research validates or disconfirms theory, thereby leading to its refinement and modification.
    • But even when we don't actively seek out evidence which confirms our favorite meta-truths and screen out evidence which disconfirms them, we can still manage to preserve our favorite impression.
    • I tried to confirm or disconfirm each interaction with at least two different managers.
    • You cannot disconfirm religion or prove science by doing an analysis of the host.
    • For example, students and professors were in agreement that students sitting at the front of a class make better grades; in reality, this notion had been disconfirmed several years earlier.
    • Thus the expectation that as a veteran teacher I would have ample time for research was disconfirmed.
    • That linkage, once made, may serve to confirm, modify, or completely disconfirm.
    • If reality was going to be in such poor form as to disconfirm their belief, they would find a way to make belief and reality match.
    • This finding, rather than disconfirming the scarcity and enhancement hypotheses, may instead suggest that both scarcity and enhancement processes occur and can balance each other.
    • Previous research neither confirmed nor disconfirmed the existence of a link between teamwork and patients' outcomes.
    • This triangulation of information will help school practitioners make better decisions about students or programs because data from one source can help confirm or disconfirm information from another.
    • It does not state hypotheses in a way that might permit the reader to judge whether they are supported or disconfirmed by the facts.
    • The theory had to do with the ways in which people respond when a belief that they zealously endorse is disconfirmed.
    • Of course, none of this disconfirms the standard theorem that the intersection of a circle and a tangent is a single point.
    Synonyms
    reconsider, review, re-examine, reassess, re-evaluate, reappraise, rethink, think over, take another look at, take a fresh look at, look at in a different light, have another think about

Derivatives

  • disconfirmable

  • adjective
  • disconfirmation

  • noun ˌdɪskɒnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n
    • When consumers cannot gain direct disconfirmation, they have to rely on other agents - monitors, journalists, or labor activists.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Themes are identified and similarities and contradictions emerge in the analysis, with confirmation or disconfirmation of findings supported in subsequent interviews.
      • But such a belief is hard to maintain and is hence vulnerable to disconfirmation in various ways.
      • They misinterpreted data and gave extraordinary significance to confirmations, while ignoring or not seeking disconfirmations.
      • A law of nature must be immune to such possible disconfirmation.
  • disconfirmatory

  • adjective ˌdɪskənˈfəːmət(ə)riˌdɪskənˈfərməˌtɔri
    • Showing that a belief or hypothesis is not or may not be true.

      disconfirmatory evidence to challenge the fear response
      Example sentencesExamples
      • they were oblivious to disconfirmatory data
      • We present a new method for extracting, representing and propagating qualitative correlations among hypotheses as confirmatory or disconfirmatory evidence of uncertain reasoning.
      • They gave full attention to confirmatory data, but were unaware of or oblivious to disconfirmatory data.
      • This lack of integration of situational cues into their self-conceptions may account for the maintenance of optimistic self-views in the face of disconfirmatory feedback, such as rejection by peers.
 
 

Definition of disconfirm in US English:

disconfirm

verbˌdiskənˈfərm
[with object]
  • Show that (a belief or hypothesis) is not or may not be true.

    Cohen may have found evidence disconfirming the hypothesis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I tried to confirm or disconfirm each interaction with at least two different managers.
    • His sense of self-preservation requires his conception to be veridical, and is threatened when it is disconfirmed.
    • The theory had to do with the ways in which people respond when a belief that they zealously endorse is disconfirmed.
    • It does not state hypotheses in a way that might permit the reader to judge whether they are supported or disconfirmed by the facts.
    • But even when we don't actively seek out evidence which confirms our favorite meta-truths and screen out evidence which disconfirms them, we can still manage to preserve our favorite impression.
    • Of course, none of this disconfirms the standard theorem that the intersection of a circle and a tangent is a single point.
    • Thus the expectation that as a veteran teacher I would have ample time for research was disconfirmed.
    • In other words, the dynamics of conversation may provide a test procedure to confirm or disconfirm a particular analysis.
    • Contrary to what has been claimed, the theory is not insulated against attempts to disconfirm it.
    • Previous research neither confirmed nor disconfirmed the existence of a link between teamwork and patients' outcomes.
    • You cannot disconfirm religion or prove science by doing an analysis of the host.
    • Research validates or disconfirms theory, thereby leading to its refinement and modification.
    • That linkage, once made, may serve to confirm, modify, or completely disconfirm.
    • This triangulation of information will help school practitioners make better decisions about students or programs because data from one source can help confirm or disconfirm information from another.
    • This finding, rather than disconfirming the scarcity and enhancement hypotheses, may instead suggest that both scarcity and enhancement processes occur and can balance each other.
    • Therefore, if someone acts in a way that challenges or disconfirms their attitude, they are likely to change their attitude.
    • It seems that people usually feel no need to question their developing beliefs, and that evidence which might disconfirm them is ignored.
    • In search of an answer, I sought biographical details that might confirm or disconfirm my thinking.
    • If reality was going to be in such poor form as to disconfirm their belief, they would find a way to make belief and reality match.
    • For example, students and professors were in agreement that students sitting at the front of a class make better grades; in reality, this notion had been disconfirmed several years earlier.
    Synonyms
    reconsider, review, re-examine, reassess, re-evaluate, reappraise, rethink, think over, take another look at, take a fresh look at, look at in a different light, have another think about
 
 
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