Meanings
plural disproofs · alternative obsolete disprofe · alternative obsolete disproufe
- A refutation.
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.
2023 August 11, Ian Bogost, “There’s No Shame in Flaking”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2023Synonyms: refutation, confutation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA refutation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
nounthe act of determining that something is false
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From dis- + proof, after disprove.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian оборване, опровержение
- оборване (oborvane)act of refuting something
- опровержение (oproverženie)act of refuting something
German Widerlegung, Gegenbeweis
- Widerlegungact of refuting something
- Gegenbeweisact of refuting something
Greek ανασκευή
- ανασκευή (anaskeví)act of refuting something
Swedish motbevis
- motbevisact of refuting something
Cite this entry
disproof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproof
“disproof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproof. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disproof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disproof.
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