refutation
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive
Types & categories
- answer hypernym
- confutation hyponym
- rebuttal hyponym
Related & opposite
- refute derivation
Sense 2 noun
any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Types & categories
- grounds hypernym
- reductio ad absurdum hyponym
- confutation hyponym
- counterexample hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of determining that something is false
Types & categories
- determination hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | answer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confutation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebuttal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | grounds |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reductio ad absurdum |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | confutation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterexample |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | falsify |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | determination |