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Noun [English]

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Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: By surface analysis, refute + -ation. Etymology templates: {{surface analysis|en|refute|-ation}} By surface analysis, refute + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} refutation (countable and uncountable, plural refutations)
  1. An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: refutal, ;, confutation, disproof Translations (an act of refuting): ἔλεγχος (élenkhos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), отхвърляне (othvǎrljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), опровергаване (oprovergavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 反駁 (Chinese Mandarin), 反驳 (fǎnbó) (Chinese Mandarin), 辯駁 (Chinese Mandarin), 辩驳 (biànbó) (Chinese Mandarin), 駁議 (Chinese Mandarin), 驳议 (bóyì) (Chinese Mandarin), vyvrácení [neuter] (Czech), gendrivelse [common-gender] (Danish), afkræftelse [common-gender] (Danish), weerlegging [feminine] (Dutch), refutatie [feminine] (Dutch), réfutation [feminine] (French), Widerlegung [feminine] (German), Gegenschrift (note: in writing) [feminine] (German), ανασκευή (anaskeví) [feminine] (Greek), αναίρεση (anaíresi) [feminine] (Greek), bréagnú [masculine] (Irish), refutazione [feminine] (Italian), confutazione [feminine] (Italian), contestazione [feminine] (Italian), 反駁 (hanbaku) (alt: はんばく) (Japanese), 반박 (banbak) (Korean), refutatio [feminine] (Latin), refutação [feminine] (Portuguese), опроверже́ние (oproveržénije) [neuter] (Russian), рефута́ция (refutácija) [feminine, literary, obsolete] (Russian), refutacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pobijanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), opovrgavanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), refutación [feminine] (Spanish), vederläggning (Swedish), motargument (Swedish), motbevis (Swedish), pabulaan (Tagalog)
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  2. (proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions. Tags: countable, proscribed, uncountable
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Derived forms: self-refutation Related terms: repudiation

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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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          "ref": "1913, William Horton Foster, “Refutation”, in Debating for Boys, page 78:",
          "text": "Apply these tests to his arguments and you will render your task of refutation easier. But in your refutation, be sure you refute. Don’t think for a minute that either heat or violence or sarcasm is a good answer.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "othvǎrljane",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "отхвърляне"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oprovergavane",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "опровергаване"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "反駁"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnbó",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "反驳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "辯駁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànbó",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "辩驳"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "駁議"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bóyì",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "驳议"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vyvrácení"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gendrivelse"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afkræftelse"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "weerlegging"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refutatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réfutation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Widerlegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "in writing",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gegenschrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaskeví",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ανασκευή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaíresi",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αναίρεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "élenkhos",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἔλεγχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bréagnú"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refutazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confutazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contestazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんばく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanbaku",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "反駁"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banbak",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "반박"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refutatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refutação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oproveržénije",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опроверже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "refutácija",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "рефута́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refutacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pobijanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "opovrgavanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refutación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "vederläggning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "motargument"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "motbevis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an act of refuting",
      "word": "pabulaan"
    }
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  "word": "refutation"
}

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