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Antonyms for refutation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ref-yoo-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛf yʊˈteɪ ʃən



Definition of refutation

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Middle French réfutation (16c.) and directly from Latin refutationem (nominative refutatio) "disproof of a claim or argument," noun of action from past participle stem of refutare (see refute).
  • noun rebuttal
  • noun disproving
Example sentences :
  • He could assert now, without fear of refutation, that Stryker had lied.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • What should be the climax of a triumphant argument becomes its refutation.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • For now, as always, I am unequal to the refutation of not-being.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • The conclusion at which we must arrive is that the Parmenides is not a refutation of the Eleatic philosophy.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • How then, without a word of explanation, could Plato assign to them the refutation of their own tenets?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Why, Mr. President, the Senator's own speech is a refutation of its own argument.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • He turned on his heel, disgusted at this refutation of his theories.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • But it is false as it is foul, and carries its own refutation on its face.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
  • The hard eyes of the outlaw challenged a refutation of his claim.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • They had best be stated here, that the life which follows may serve as their refutation.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

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