REFUTATIVE

Meaning of REFUTATIVE in English

adj. refuting, proving false, showing as untrue

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REFUTATIVE — rə̇ˈfyüd.əd.iv, rēˈf-, -ütətiv adjective Etymology: from refutation, after such pairs as English negation : negative : tending to refute : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REFUTATIVE — /ri fyooh"teuh tiv/ , adj. tending to refute; pertaining to refutation: refutative evidence. Also, refutatory . [ 1645-55; REFUTAT(ION) + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REFUTATORY — -üd.əˌtōrē, -ütə-, -tȯr-, -ri adjective Etymology: Late Latin refutatorius, from Latin refutatus (past participle of refutare ) + -orius -ory …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ELENCTICAL — (a.) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
Английский словарь Webster
DEICTIC — (a.) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
Английский словарь Webster
ANATREPTIC — (a.) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Английский словарь Webster
ELENCTICAL — ( a. ) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEICTIC — ( a. ) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ANATREPTIC — ( a. ) Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ELENCTICAL — adj serving to refute; refutative; applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.
Webster English vocab
DEICTIC — adj direct; proving directly; applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
Webster English vocab
ANATREPTIC — adj overthrowing; defeating; applied to plato's refutative dialogues.
Webster English vocab
RESPONSIVE — Synonyms and related words : accessible, acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, agreeable, alacritous, alert, alive, allergic, amenable, anaphylactic, answering, antiphonal, ardent, bendable, …
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RESPONDENT — Synonyms and related words : accused, answerer, answering, antiphonal, confutative, correspondent, defendant, echoic, echoing, libelee, prisoner, reacting, reactionary, reactive, reechoing, …
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REFUTING — Synonyms and related words : apologetic, confounding, confutative, confuting, contradictory, contrary, excusatory, excusing, extenuating, extenuative, justificatory, justifying, palliative, refutative, refutatory, …
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ECHOING — Synonyms and related words : answering, antiphonal, battological, booming, confutative, duplicative, echoic, growling, imitative, iterative, lingering, parrotlike, persistent, reboant, rebounding, …
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ECHOIC — Synonyms and related words : answering, antiphonal, apish, battological, booming, confutative, conjugate, delineatory, depictive, derivative, duplicative, echoing, embodying, emulative, etymologic, …
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CONTRARY — Synonyms and related words : abjuratory, abnegative, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, alien, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, antipodean, antipodes, antipole, …
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CONTRADICTORY — Synonyms and related words : abjuratory, abnegative, absonant, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, alien, ambiguous, ambivalent, antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, antipodal, antipode, …
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CORROBORATIVE — adj. Function: adjective serving or tending to corroborate FF1C; corroborative evidence FF1E; Synonyms: adminicular, collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroboratory, verificatory Related …
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CORROBORATIVE — adjective serving or tending to corroborate corroborative evidence Synonyms: adminicular, collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, corroboratory, verificatory Related Word: ancillary, auxiliary, supplementary, …
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