"refutation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-refutation.wav [US] Forms: refutations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən 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: 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), 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), refutação [feminine] (Portuguese), опроверже́ние (oproveržénije) [neuter] (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)
    Sense id: en-refutation-en-noun-YNf9kMWu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'an act of refuting': 88 12
  2. (proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions. Tags: countable, proscribed, uncountable
    Sense id: en-refutation-en-noun-lO23zqSn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-refutation

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "refutation"
}

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