The best refutation of the imaginary Malthusian laws of "land depletion" is the practice of Soviet collective farming.
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Refutation
//ˌɹɛf.jʊˈteɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "refutation" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Noun(8 words)
Related words (51)
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14 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔλεγχος noun (an act of refuting)
Bulgarian
2 entries- опровергаване noun (an act of refuting)
- отхвърляне noun (an act of refuting)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 反駁 /反驳 noun (an act of refuting)
- 辯駁 /辩驳 noun (an act of refuting)
- 駁議 /驳议 noun (an act of refuting)
Czech
1 entries- vyvrácení noun (an act of refuting)
Danish
2 entries- afkræftelse noun (an act of refuting)
- gendrivelse noun (an act of refuting)
Dutch
2 entries- refutatie noun (an act of refuting)
- weerlegging noun (an act of refuting)
French
1 entries- réfutation noun (an act of refuting)
German
2 entries- Gegenschrift noun (an act of refuting)
- Widerlegung noun (an act of refuting)
Greek
2 entries- αναίρεση noun (an act of refuting)
- ανασκευή noun (an act of refuting)
Irish
1 entries- bréagnú noun (an act of refuting)
Italian
3 entries- confutazione noun (an act of refuting)
- contestazione noun (an act of refuting)
- refutazione noun (an act of refuting)
Japanese
1 entries- 反駁 noun (an act of refuting)
Korean
1 entries- 반박 noun (an act of refuting)
Latin
1 entries- refūtātiō noun (an act of refuting)
Portuguese
1 entries- refutação noun (an act of refuting)
Russian
2 entries- опроверже́ние noun (an act of refuting)
- рефута́ция noun (an act of refuting)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- opovrgavanje noun (an act of refuting)
- pobijanje noun (an act of refuting)
- refutacija noun (an act of refuting)
Spanish
1 entries- refutación noun (an act of refuting)
Swedish
3 entries- motargument noun (an act of refuting)
- motbevis noun (an act of refuting)
- vederläggning noun (an act of refuting)
Tagalog
1 entries- pabulaan noun (an act of refuting)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wjerlizzing noun (an act of refuting)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Near-synonyms: rebuttal (see note), counterargument, counterassertion, counterclaim, denial
Source: wiktionary
Apply these tests to his arguments and you will render your task of refutation easier. But in your refutation, be sure you refute. Don’t think for a minute that either heat or violence or sarcasm is a good answer.
Source: wiktionary
The conclusion to which we shall be led by a full consideration of these facts will be that the effective refutation of such errors will frequently require further intellectual advance, and often advance on points which are very abstract and may seem very remote from the practical issues.
Source: wiktionary
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