slovo | definícia |
refutation (encz) | refutation,popření |
refutation (encz) | refutation,protiargument |
refutation (encz) | refutation,vyvrácení |
refutation (encz) | refutation,vyvrácení důkazu |
refutation (encz) | refutation,vyvrácení myšlenky |
Refutation (gcide) | Refutation \Ref`u*ta"tion\ (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio:
cf. F. r['e]futation.]
The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of
being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing
of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by
argument or countervailing proof.
[1913 Webster]
Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging
than a refutation. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster] |
refutation (wn) | refutation
n 1: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive";
"in defense he said the other man started it" [syn:
refutation, defense, defence]
2: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
[syn: disproof, falsification, refutation]
3: the act of determining that something is false [syn:
falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation,
refutal] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
refutation (encz) | refutation,popření refutation,protiargument refutation,vyvrácení refutation,vyvrácení důkazu refutation,vyvrácení myšlenky |
refutations (encz) | refutations,vyvrácení pl. |
refutation (wn) | refutation
n 1: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive";
"in defense he said the other man started it" [syn:
refutation, defense, defence]
2: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
[syn: disproof, falsification, refutation]
3: the act of determining that something is false [syn:
falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation,
refutal] |
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