Confutation

//ˌkɒn.fjuːˈteɪ.ʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of confuting; refutation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    evidence that refutes conclusively wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that confutes. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the speech act of refuting conclusively wordnet

Synonyms

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rebuttalanswerantagonismantipathybacklashcollision

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtātiō (“refutation”, feminine noun). By surface analysis, confute + -ation.

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