confutation

noun

con·​fu·​ta·​tion ˌkän-fyu̇-ˈtā-shən 

-fyü-

1

: the act or process of confuting : refutation

2

: something (such as an argument or statement) that confutes

confutative

kən-ˈfyü-tə-tiv 

adjective

Synonyms

• disconfirmation
• disproof
• rebuttal
• refutation

Examples of confutation in a Sentence

he crafted an elegant confutation to the argument that animals do not feel pain

Recent Examples on the Web

Nominalism and positivism have deluged the world with vast quantities of little-read scholarship whose underlying rationale is often the confutation of the very possibility of the larger-scale intelligibility of the world. —M. D. Aeschliman, National Review, 20 Feb. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1