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disproof

[ dis-proof ]

/ dɪsˈpruf /

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noun

the act of disproving.

proof to the contrary; refutation.

Origin of disproof

First recorded in 1525–35; dis-¹ + proof

Words nearby disproof

dispossessed, disposure, dispraise, dispread, disprize, disproof, disproportion, disproportional, disproportionate, disproportionation, disprove

Example sentences from the Web for disproof

Darwin, who knew how to think scientifically, saw that this is the logical line of proof or disproof.

Applied Eugenics |Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
Disproof is the one thing that will now avail; and to anything short of that no one should again for an instant listen.

William Blake |Algernon Charles Swinburne
Ten years ago, I should have utterly denied it, and could have brought what seemed to me abundant evidence in its disproof.

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft |George Gissing
Is this one of the reasons why the believer is able to continue a believer in spite of all disproof?

The Churches and Modern Thought |Philip Vivian

It is distressing to record how difficult it was for Lady Harman to form even the beginnings of a disproof of that.

The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman |H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for disproof

disproof

/ (dɪsˈpruːf) /

noun

facts that disprove something

the act of disproving