Pronunciation
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refutation (countable and uncountable, plural refutations)
- An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
- Synonyms: confutation, disproof
- (proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
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Translations
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an act of refuting
- Bulgarian: отхвърляне (bg) n (othvǎrljane), опровергаване (bg) n (oprovergavane)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 反駁/反驳 (zh) (fǎnbó), 辯駁/辩驳 (zh) (biànbó), 駁議/驳议 (zh) (bóyì)
- Czech: vyvrácení n
- Danish: gendrivelse c, afkræftelse c
- Dutch: weerlegging (nl) f
- French: réfutation (fr) f
- German: Widerlegung (de) f, Gegenschrift (de) f (in writing)
- Greek: ανασκευή (el) f (anaskeví), αναίρεση (el) f (anaíresi)
- Ancient Greek: ἔλεγχος m (élenkhos)
- Irish: bréagnú m
- Italian: refutazione f, confutazione (it) f, contestazione (it) f
- Japanese: 反駁 (ja) (はんばく, hanbaku)
- Korean: 반박 (ko) (banbak)
- Portuguese: refutação (pt) f
- Russian: опроверже́ние (ru) n (oproveržénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: refutacija (sh) f, pobijanje (sh) n, opovrgavanje n
- Spanish: refutación f
- Swedish: vederläggning (sv), motargument (sv), motbevis
- Tagalog: pabulaan
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