indisputable

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UK/ˌɪn.dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/US/ˌɪn.dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

adjective

Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true

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Meanings

adjectiveindisputable (comparative more indisputable, superlative most indisputable)

comparative more indisputable · superlative most indisputable · alternative undisputable

  1. Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true

    Nay, if he be of a proud humour, […] he will not Bate an Ace of abſolute certainty, but however doubtful or improbable the thing is, coming f[r]om him it muſt go for an indiſputable truth.

    1674, [Richard Allestree], “Of Positiveness”, in The Government of the Tongue. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC, page 197

    Synonyms: inarguable, unarguable, unchallengeable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot disputable; not open to question; obviously true

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot open to question; obviously true

adjectiveimpossible to doubt or dispute

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  8. Proto-Italic*dis-
  9. Latindis-
  10. Latinputus
  11. Latinputō
  12. Latindisputo
  13. Latindisputābilis
  14. Latinindisputābili
  15. Englishindisputable

Learned borrowing from Latin indisputābilis. By surface analysis, in- + disputable.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀναντιρρήτος, ἀδήριτος
  • ἀναντιρρήτος (anantirrhḗtos)not disputable
  • ἀδήριτος (adḗritos)not disputable
Bulgarian неоспорим, безспорен
  • неоспорим (neosporim)not disputable
  • безспорен (bezsporen)not disputable
Catalan indiscutible
  • indiscutiblenot disputable
Chinese Mandarin 無可爭辯的 /无可争辩的
  • 無可爭辯的 /无可争辩的 (wúkě zhēngbiàn de)not disputable
Danish ubestridelig, indiskutabel
  • ubestridelignot disputable
  • indiskutabelnot disputable
Dutch onomstotelijk, onontkenbaar
  • onomstotelijknot disputable
  • onontkenbaarnot disputable
Finnish kiistaton, kieltämätön
  • kiistatonnot disputable
  • kieltämätönnot disputable
French indiscutable, incontestable
  • indiscutablenot disputable
  • incontestablenot disputable
  • irréfutablenot disputable
Greek αδιάψευστος
  • αδιάψευστος (adiápsefstos)not disputable
Hungarian vitathatatlan, kétségtelen
  • vitathatatlannot disputable
  • kétségtelennot disputable
  • kétségbevonhatatlannot disputable
  • elvitathatatlannot disputable
  • tagadhatatlannot disputable
  • kikezdhetetlennot disputable
Norwegian Bokmål udiskutabel
  • udiskutabelnot disputable
Polish bezdyskusyjny, bezsporny
  • bezdyskusyjnynot disputable
  • bezspornynot disputable
Romanian indisputabil
  • indisputabilnot disputable
Russian бесспо́рный
  • бесспо́рный (besspórnyj)not disputable
Spanish incuestionable, indiscutible
  • incuestionablenot disputable
  • indiscutiblenot disputable
  • innegablenot disputable
  • irrefutablenot disputable
Swedish obestridlig, odiskutabel
  • obestridlignot disputable
  • odiskutabelnot disputable
Turkish tartışmasız
  • tartışmasıznot disputable
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APA

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Chicago

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