CONFUTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does confutation mean? 

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

1. the speech act of refuting conclusively

2. evidence that refutes conclusively

  Familiarity information: CONFUTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFUTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The speech act of refuting conclusively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

defence; defense; refutation (the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions)

Derivation:

confute (prove to be false)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Evidence that refutes conclusively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

disproof; falsification; refutation (any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something)

Derivation:

confute (prove to be false)