confutation

• Substantiv, das die Handlung bezeichnet, die Falschheit oder Unhaltbarkeit einer Aussage oder eines Arguments zu beweisen, oder die dafür verwendeten Beweise.

A noun referring to the act of proving a statement or argument to be false or invalid, or the evidence used to do so.

1. Act of conclusive refutationC2formal

   The act of proving a statement or argument to be wrong or false in a decisive manner.

   Widerlegung

   • His detailed analysis provided a complete confutation of the theory.
   • The lawyer's closing argument was a powerful confutation of the prosecution's case.
   • The philosopher's work is a masterful confutation of skepticism.

   Synonymedisprooffalsificationinvalidationrebuttalrefutation

   Antonymeconfirmationcorroborationsubstantiationverification

2. Conclusive evidence of falsehoodC2formal

   Evidence or proof that conclusively demonstrates something to be false.

   Widerlegung

   • The new data served as a confutation of the earlier hypothesis.
   • They presented a confutation that left no room for doubt.
   • The document was a confutation of all the rumors.

   Synonymedisproofrebuttalrefutation

   Antonymeconfirmationcorroborationsubstantiationverification