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confute::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disprove |
| Type of | contradict, negate |
| Has types | explode, rebut, refute, falsify, controvert |
| Derivation | confutation, confutative, confuter |
Examples of confute
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The simple study of an oak or an elm tree would suffice to confute the regularity theory.
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The second was written expressly to confute the conclusions of the first.
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He immediately began to confute the Arians and wrote a treatise against their teaching, which has been lost.
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- Disprove: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
- (confutation) the speech act of refuting conclusively
- In informal logic an objection (also called expostulation or refutation), is a reason arguing against a premise, lemma or main contention. An objection to an objection is known as a rebuttal.
- To disprove or refute; to show something to be false or someone to be wrong
