refutation

See also: réfutation

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

refutation (countable and uncountable, plural refutations)

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
Synonyms: confutation, disproof
A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.

Translations

an act of refuting

Chinese:
Mandarin: 反駁 (zh), 反驳 (zh) (fǎnbó), 辯駁 (zh), 辩驳 (zh) (biànbó), 駁議 (zh), 驳议 (zh) (bóyì)
Czech: vyvrácení n
Dutch: weerlegging (nl) f
French: réfutation (fr) f
German: Widerlegung f, Gegenschrift f (in writing)
Greek: ανασκευή (el) f (anaskeví), αναίρεση (el) f (anaíresi)
Irish: bréagnú m
Japanese: 反駁 (ja) (はんばく, hanbaku)

Korean: 반박 (ko) (banbak)
Portuguese: refutação (pt) f
Russian: опроверже́ние (ru) n (oproveržénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: refutacija (sh) f, pobijanje (sh) n, opovrgavanje n
Spanish: refutación f
Swedish: vederläggning, motargument (sv), motbevis
Tagalog: pabulaan

References

refutation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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