as in rebuttal
something (as an argument) that serves to disprove
these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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Recent Examples of refutation
His win is the sign of a functioning democracy and a refutation of authoritarianism.
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Any falsehood or inaccuracy (real or alleged) enunciated by President Donald Trump is almost invariably immediately met with refutation, rebuke, even ridicule by his media critics and political opponents.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
Every American Girl has the same problems to overcome, and that’s a clear refutation of a progressivist view of history.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
But seen in that light, the updates look less like a refutation of the original than an embrace of its spirit, executed with enough freshness to stand on its own and enough charm to inspire a new generation to fall in like (if not necessarily in love) all over again.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Any falsehood or inaccuracy (real or alleged) enunciated by President Donald Trump is almost invariably immediately met with refutation, rebuke, even ridicule by his media critics and political opponents.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
Every American Girl has the same problems to overcome, and that’s a clear refutation of a progressivist view of history.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2024
But seen in that light, the updates look less like a refutation of the original than an embrace of its spirit, executed with enough freshness to stand on its own and enough charm to inspire a new generation to fall in like (if not necessarily in love) all over again.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for refutation
Noun
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Advertisement Meta did not offer specific rebuttals to every claim in the suit when TIME requested comment, and declined to provide comments from Mosseri or Rosen.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Zissi said he was never given an opportunity to provide a rebuttal to the allegations, which centered on a text exchange between Torrey Pines assistant coach Dave O’Neil and a player moving to the San Diego area who eventually went on to enroll at La Costa Canyon.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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If the evolution of China’s political and economic systems was merely disproof of Fukuyama’s thinking, that would be striking enough.—
BENN STEIL,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Oct. 2025
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This is a closed system in which nothing can serve as disproof.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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“Refutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refutation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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