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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•fu•ta•tion (kon′fyŏŏ tā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of confuting.
- something that confutes.
- Rhetoric[Class. Oratory.]the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation.
- Latin confūtātiōn- (stem of confūtātiō), equivalent. to confūtāt(us) silenced (past participle of confūtāre; see confute, -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle French)
- 1425–75; late Middle English confutacioun (
con•fut•a•tive (kən fyo̅o̅′tə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. |