| 单词 | refutation |
| 释义 | refutation (once / 3704 pages) n A refutation proves that something is false. Refutations pop up often in law debates and philosophical arguments. While a validation tells you something is true, a refutation does the opposite: it says or proves that something is untrue, refuting the claim. In court, a witness might offer a refutation of a suspect's alibi to show he's lying. If someone calls you a liar, you probably should give them a refutation — make the case that you're a person who tells the truth. WORD FAMILYrefutation: refutations+/irrefutable: irrefutably/refutable: irrefutable/refute: refutable, refutation, refuted, refuter, refutes, refuting/refuter: refuters USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a plead, a protest, a refutation, a resignation, and many other things. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) She sees her life story as a refutation of Trump’s rhetoric. Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016) It is difficult not to see the result of this year’s Presidential election as refutation of Obama’s creed of common Americanism. The New Yorker(Nov 10, 2016) 1n the act of determining that something is false Syn|Hyper disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutal determination, finding the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation 2n the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive Syn|Hypo|Hyper defence, defense confutation the speech act of refuting conclusively rebuttalthe speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument answer the speech act of replying to a question 3n any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper disproof, falsification 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 confutationevidence that refutes conclusively counterexamplerefutation by example evidence, grounds your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief |
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