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refutation
noun
(ref-u-ta-tion)
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
Synonyms:
defence
,
defense
,
Examples:
His refutation of the charges was short and persuasive.
refutation
noun
(ref-u-ta-tion)
the act of determining that something is false
Synonyms:
disproof
,
falsification
,
falsifying
,
refutal
,
refutation
noun
(ref-u-ta-tion)
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Synonyms:
disproof
,
falsification
,
Words Related to
refutation
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disproof
,
falsification
,
defense
,
defence
,
rebuttal
,
answer
,
response
,
reply
,
redargution
,
rejoinder
,
counterargument
,
counterexample
,
denunciation
,
argumentation
,
postulation
,
explication
,
assertion
,
disavowal
,
substantiation
,
logical fallacy
,
fallacy
,
corroboration
,
explanation
,
syllogism
,
polemic
,
repudiation
,
falsehood
,
ipse dixit
,
falsity
,
presupposition
,
reductio ad absurdum
,
contradiction
,
supposition
,
apologetics
,
apologia
,
riposte
,
critique
,
debunking
,
exegesis
,
redargue
,
counterpoint
,
summation
,
revisionism
,
tu quoque
,
denouncement
,
elench
,
misquotation
,
platonism
,
speciousness
,
panegyric
,
factuality
,
retort
,
exculpation
,
reactionism
,
mischaracterization
,
jeremiad
,
negation
,
judeophobia
,
tendentiousness
,
positing
,
dogmatist
,
casuistry
,
refutatory
,
reductionism
,
sophistry
,
refragable
,
precis
,
incommensurability
,
determinist
,
recapitulation
,
evolutionism
,
occidentalism
,
peroration
,
excursus
,
balderdash
,
mohammedanism
,
exegetical
,
sophistic
,
empiricist
,
retraction
,
justifications
,
arguer
,
quote
,
imposture
,
strawman
,
elaboration
,
absolutist
,
reiteration
,
monism
,
postmodernist
,
credence
,
exaggerations
,
preface
,
excoriation
,
fictionalization
,
disquisition
,
maritain
,
theorization
,
elision
,
prevaricator
,
refutation
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