refutation

• Substantiv, das die Handlung bezeichnet, die Falschheit oder Unrichtigkeit einer Aussage, eines Arguments oder einer Behauptung zu beweisen.

A noun referring to the act of proving a statement, argument, or claim to be false or incorrect.

1. Disproof or counterargumentC1formal

   The act of proving a statement, argument, or claim to be false or incorrect.

   Widerlegung

   • The scientist provided a clear refutation of the outdated theory.
   • His refutation of the accusations was thorough and convincing.
   • The lawyer's refutation dismantled the prosecution's case.

   Synonymeconfutationcontradictioncounterargumentdenialdisprooffalsificationnegationrebuttalrepudiation

   Antonymeconfirmationcorroborationproofverification