refutation

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
2. (countable, proscribed, uncountable) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.

Konzepte

Widerlegung

Widerspruch

Widerrede

Gegenargument

Einspruch

Gegenwirkung

Polemik

Reaktion

Rückwirkung

Stichwort

Protestieren

Anfechtung

scharfe Erwiderung

Angriff

👊

Antwort

Einwand

Einwendung

Synonyme

rebuttal

confutation

disproof

denial

falsification

objection

rejection

refutal

contradiction

repeal

response

retort

defence

falsifying

pleading

protest

defense

opposition

override

overthrow

overturn

playback

reaction

rebut

recantation

recission

refusal

refute

reject

rejoinder

replica

reply

reprisal

repudiation

repulsion

reversal

reversion

revocation

abolishment

space inversion

abrogation

annulment

answer

comeback

conversion

counterattack

counterplea

crackdown

cue

decline

Übersetzungen

réfutation

weerlegging

smentita

refutação

confutazione

refutación

αναίρεση

tekzip

yalanlama

tegenbewijs

çürütme

ανασκευή

dupliek

défense

refutació

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Middle French refutation (compare French réfutation, Spanish refutación, Portuguese refutação, Italian refutazione) or its etymon Latin refūtātiō, from refūtō + -ātiō. By surface analysis, refute + -ation. First attested in 1536 (in sense 1).