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опроверже́ние — meaning in English

oproverzheniye

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English meaning

  • denial noun A refusal to admit that something is true.
  • negation noun Negation is the act of making something negative or cancelling it out.
  • rebuttal noun An argument or evidence offered to counter someone else's claim.
  • refutation noun The act of proving that a claim, argument or idea is wrong.

Senses

опроверже́ние is used for these senses in English:

  • denial An assertion of untruth.
  • negation (countable) A denial or contradiction.
  • rebuttal The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
  • refutation An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

denial — full definition

  1. noun A refusal to admit that something is true.
  2. noun A refusal to accept an unpleasant truth or reality, often as a psychological coping mechanism.
  3. noun A refusal to grant or provide something requested.

negation — full definition

  1. noun Negation is the act of making something negative or cancelling it out.
  2. noun A negation is a statement that denies or contradicts something.
  3. noun In logic, a negation is a statement made by adding "not" to another statement, giving it the opposite meaning.
  4. noun In logic, negation is the operation that turns a statement into its opposite by adding "not".
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