disproof

Noun
  1. Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something (synset 105834793)
    is a type of: evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: falsification, refutation
  2. The act of determining that something is false (synset 100156118)
    is a type of: determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
    same as: falsification, falsifying, refutal, refutation

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