refutation
ref yooh tay shuhn
- n the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive - n any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- n the act of determining that something is false
- Richard Nisbett's Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count is a devastating and persuasive refutation of all those who believe intellectual ability is fixed at .
- It would be a refutation of his own book, but the time has passed when Maitland can possibly admit to his own duplicity.
- Fourth, the refutation should also come from a trusted, neutral, third-party source.