| 单词 | confutation |
| 释义 | confutation (once / 17774 pages) n A confutation is the act of refuting someone's point forcefully. Accused criminals must offer confutation if they hope to be found innocent. If you know the verb confute — which means to overwhelm through an argument — this noun will be a no-brainer: it refers to the act of confuting, or a statement that confutes. The meaning is not that far removed from refutation, with which confutation shares a Latin root. A confutation proves that another idea is false or nonsensical. People who argue for a living, like lawyers, are masters of confutation. WORD FAMILYconfutation: confutations+/confute: confutable, confutation, confuted, confuter, confutes, confuting USAGE EXAMPLESAt such times the sight of that road whence he had looked upwards to her window was a consolation, almost a confutation of her dreams. Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle), Miranda of the Balcony—A Story(2012) When was this Confutation printed, and where is there a copy to be seen? Various, Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number...(2011) The Confutation and the larger part of the Memoirs were finished in 1780. Gozzi, Carlo, The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; V...(2011) 1n evidence that refutes conclusively Hyper disproof, falsification, refutation any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something 2n the speech act of refuting conclusively Hyper defence, defense, refutation the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions |
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