Definition
The act of proving someone or something wrong by argument; a refutation or successful disproof.
Etymology
From Latin confutatio, derived from confutare (con- + futare, to strike down). The word entered English via Norman French, maintaining the sense of beating down an argument or opponent.
Kelly Says
In Renaissance debate, a formal confutation was a major intellectual event—philosophers would publish detailed confutations of each other's work, sometimes writing entire books refuting a single opponent's ideas, treating disagreement as a serious scholarly calling.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
የቃላት አይነት
ye-qala-at ay-net
BNবাংলা
সমর্থন
som-or-thon
CACatalà
refutació
re-fyu-ta-syohn
CSČeština
popírání
po-pi-ra-ni
DADansk
afvisning
af-vee-sn
DEDeutsch
Widerlegung
vee-der-lay-gung
ELΕλληνικά
αντιπαράθεση
an-ti-pa-ra-the-eh
ESEspañol
refutación
ref-oo-ta-sión
FISuomi
kieltäminen
kieltä-mi-nen
FRFrançais
réfutation
reh-fy-ta-syohn
HUMagyar
megtagadás
meg-ta-ga-das
IDBahasa Indonesia
penolakan
pe-no-la-kan
ITItaliano
confutazione
kon-fyoo-ta-tsyo-neh
MRMR
अस्वीकार
as-vee-kaar
MSBahasa Melayu
penolakan
pe-no-la-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ပြန်လည် ကန့်ကြပ်
pyan-li-kan-kye
NLNederlands
ontkenning
ont-ken-ning
NONorsk
fornektelse
for-nehk-te-lse
PLPolski
zaprzeczenie
zap-rzecz-en-ie
PTPortuguês
refutação
reh-foo-ta-ção
RORomână
infirmare
in-fir-ma-reh
RUРусский
отвержение
ot-ver-zheni-ye
SVSvenska
förnekelse
for-neh-le-se
SWKiswahili
ukataa
oo-ka-taa
TAதமிழ்
மறுப்பு
ma-ru-ppu
TEతెలుగు
పోల్చడం
pol-cha-dam
TLTL
pagwawasto
pa-ga-wa-was-to
TRTürkçe
reddetme
re-det-meh
UKУкраїнська
заперечення
za-pe-rech-en-nya
VITiếng Việt
phản bác
phan-bak