DISPROOF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disproof mean? 

• DISPROOF (noun)
  The noun DISPROOF has 2 senses:

1. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

2. the act of determining that something is false

  Familiarity information: DISPROOF used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPROOF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

disproof; falsification; refutation

Hypernyms ("disproof" is a kind of...):

evidence; grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disproof"):

reductio; reductio ad absurdum ((reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction)

confutation (evidence that refutes conclusively)

counterexample (refutation by example)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of determining that something is false

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disproof; falsification; falsifying; refutal; refutation

Hypernyms ("disproof" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)