refutation
6 synonyms and 1 antonym for refutation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of proving that a claim, argument or idea is wrong.
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Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French refutation (compare French réfutation, Spanish refutación, Portuguese refutação, Italian refutazione) or directly from its source Latin refūtātiō, from refūtō + -ātiō. By surface analysis, this is refute + -ation. It is first recorded in 1536, in its first sense.
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