refutation English

Meaning refutation meaning

What does refutation mean?

refutation

— noun (= defense, defence) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive in defense he said the other man started it

— noun (= disproof) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

— noun (= falsification) the act of determining that something is false

Synonyms refutation synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as refutation?

refutation English » English

rebuttal

confutation

disproof

denial

falsification

rejection

refutal

objection

contradiction

retort

response

repeal

protest

pleading

falsifying

defense

defence

space inversion

revocation

reversion

reversal

repulsion

repudiation

reprisal

reply

replica

rejoinder

reject

refute

refusal

recission

recantation

rebut

reaction

playback

overturn

overthrow

override

opposition

object to

neutralization

inversion

interchange

impugnment

disputation

decline

cue

crackdown

counterplea

counterattack

Examples refutation examples

How do I use refutation in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Mr. Scott, since we are here, your statement is not only illogical but also unworthy of refutation.

For a moment there, I thought that you had been put in charge of the Cardassian Ministry for the Refutation of Bajoran Fairy Tales.

Mark, I understand the spirit of your refutation.

Sadly, this refutation is flawed.

I want full refutation of the charges. No.

I take this very scientific attitude, that everything you've learned is just provisional, that it's always open to recantation or refutation or questioning, and I think the same applies to society.

It's an emotivist refutation of Kant, dude.

I thought that you had been put in charge of the Cardassian Ministry for the Refutation of Bajoran Fairy Tales.

Refutation only confirms rumors you know.

I want full refutation of the charges.

News and current affairs

Today, it is clear that fundamentalists and their supporters are completely closed off to even the most elaborate theological refutation of their views, even when produced by distinguished religious authorities.

News media around the world picked up the story, intrigued by science's definitive refutation of racial thinking.

In a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association published in July 2005, I showed that refutation is very common, even for the most prestigious research findings.

Like Biblical prophecy, scientific doomsday stories seem impervious to refutation, and are constantly repackaged to feed the hunger for catastrophe.