confutation

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

ruСуществительное, обозначающее действие по доказательству ложности или несостоятельности утверждения или аргумента, или доказательства, используемые для этого.esSustantivo que designa la acción de demostrar que una afirmación o argumento es falso o inválido, o el conjunto de pruebas o razonamientos empleados para refutarlo.frNom désignant l'action de réfuter ou de prouver la fausseté ou l'invalidité d'une affirmation ou d'un argument, ou les preuves utilisées à cette fin.deSubstantiv, das die Handlung bezeichnet, die Falschheit oder Unhaltbarkeit einer Aussage oder eines Arguments zu beweisen, oder die dafür verwendeten Beweise.ptSubstantivo que designa o ato de provar que uma afirmação ou argumento é falso ou inválido, ou as evidências e argumentos usados para isso.zh名词，指证明某陈述或论点虚假或站不住脚的行为，或用于此目的的论据。arاسم يدل على فعل إثبات بطلان قول أو حجة أو دحضها، أو على الأدلة والحجج المستخدمة في ذلك.

1. Act of conclusive refutation C2 formal

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

   • 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.

   ruОпровержениеesRefutación concluyentefrRéfutation concluantedeWiderlegungptRefutaçãozh驳斥arدحض قاطع

   Synonyms: disprooffalsificationinvalidationrebuttalrefutation

   Antonyms: confirmationcorroborationsubstantiationverification

2. Conclusive evidence of falsehood C2 formal

   Evidence or proof that conclusively demonstrates something to be false.

   • 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.

   ruОпровержениеesRefutación concluyentefrRéfutationdeWiderlegungptRefutaçãozh反驳的证据arدَحْض

   Synonyms: disproofrebuttalrefutation

   Antonyms: confirmationcorroborationsubstantiationverification

• confutations plural form
• confutations' possessive plural form
• confutation's possessive singular form