NOUN | cognition | disproof, falsification, refutation | any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something |
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act | disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutation, refutal | the act of determining that something is false / false / false / false / false |
Meaning | Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something. | |
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Synonyms | falsification, refutation | |
Narrower | confutation | evidence that refutes conclusively |
counterexample | refutation by example | |
reductio ad absurdum, reductio | (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd | |
Broader | evidence, grounds | Your basis for belief or disbelief |
Spanish | impugnación, refutación |
Meaning | The act of determining that something is false / false / false / false / false. | |
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Synonyms | falsification, falsifying, refutation, refutal | |
Broader | determination, finding | The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation |
Spanish | confutación, falsificación, refutal | |
Catalan | confutació, desaprovació, refutal |
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