disproof
English
Alternative forms
- disprofe, disproufe (obsolete, 16th century)
Etymology
From dis- + proof, after disprove.
Pronunciation
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
Noun
disproof (plural disproofs)
- A refutation.
- 2023 August 11, Ian Bogost, “There’s No Shame in Flaking”, in The Atlantic[1], archived from the original on 16 November 2023:
- Online life is surely to blame, even if not exclusively. For every question, suggestion, and idea that comes up, someone can always, and immediately, seek affirmation or disproof. You say you emailed the document, and yet look at my screen—no email arrived.
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Translations
act of refuting something
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Further reading
- “disproof”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “disproof”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “disproof”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.