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INCONTROVERTIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incontrovertible mean? 

INCONTROVERTIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective INCONTROVERTIBLE has 2 senses:

1. impossible to deny or disproveplay

2. necessarily or demonstrably trueplay

  Familiarity information: INCONTROVERTIBLE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCONTROVERTIBLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Impossible to deny or disprove

Synonyms:

incontrovertible; irrefutable; positive

Context example:

an irrefutable argument

Similar:

undeniable (not possible to deny)

Derivation:

incontrovertibility; incontrovertibleness (the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Necessarily or demonstrably true

Synonyms:

demonstrable; incontrovertible

Context example:

demonstrable truths

Similar:

incontestable; incontestible (incapable of being contested or disputed)

Derivation:

incontrovertibleness (the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about)


 Context examples 


"That also is incontrovertible," Messner agreed. "When three bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time, one must get out."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)



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