irrefutable

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/ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl//ˌɪɹəˈfjuːtəbəl/rare/ɪˈɹɛf(j)ətəbəl/rare/ɪˈɹɛfjuːtəbəl/

adjective

undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

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Meanings

adjectiveirrefutable (comparative more irrefutable, superlative most irrefutable)

comparative more irrefutable · superlative most irrefutable

  1. undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

    […]clear and irrefutable evidence of the Cause I have undertaken

    1653, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC
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    True, there had been nothing, in his lifetime, viler than this man. She knew it, there was no other fact within her consciousness that she felt to be so certain; and yet, because her persecutor found himself safe and irrefutable in death, he frowned upon his victim, and threw back the blame on her!

    1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC

    He had formed his mind by Helvetius, whose system he deemed irrefutable, and in whom alone he had faith.

    1845, B[enjamin] Disraeli, Sybil; or The Two Nations. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

    I have listened also to the remarks of counsel, with high interest—and especially will I commend the masterly and irrefutable logic of the distinguished gentleman who represents the plaintiff. But gentlemen, let us beware how we allow mere human testimony, human ingenuity in argument and human ideas of equity, to influence us at a moment so solemn as this.

    1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC

    Synonyms: positive, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indeniable, indisputable, indubitable, irrebuttable · Antonyms: refutable

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveimpossible to deny or disprove

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinirrefūtābilis
  2. Englishirrefutable

From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from ir- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”), from refūtō (“to refute”) + -bilis (“-able”), equivalent to ir- + refutable.

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Translations

Bulgarian неоспорим
  • неоспорим (neosporim)undeniable, unable to be disproved
Catalan irrefutable
  • irrefutableundeniable, unable to be disproved
Chinese Mandarin 無可辯駁的 /无可辩驳的, 確鑿 /确凿
  • 無可辯駁的 /无可辩驳的 (wúkěbiànbó de)undeniable, unable to be disproved
  • 確鑿 /确凿 (quèzáo)undeniable, unable to be disproved
Czech nevyvratitelný, nezvratný
  • nevyvratitelnýundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • nezvratnýundeniable, unable to be disproved
Danish uigendrivelig
  • uigendriveligundeniable, unable to be disproved
Dutch onweerlegbaar
  • onweerlegbaarundeniable, unable to be disproved
Esperanto nerefutebla
  • nerefuteblaundeniable, unable to be disproved
Finnish kiistaton, kiistämätön
  • kiistatonundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • kiistämätönundeniable, unable to be disproved
French irréfutable, irréfragable
  • irréfutableundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • irréfragableundeniable, unable to be disproved
German unwiderlegbar
  • unwiderlegbarundeniable, unable to be disproved
Greek αδιάψευστος
  • αδιάψευστος (adiápsefstos)undeniable, unable to be disproved
Hungarian megcáfolhatatlan, megdönthetetlen
  • megcáfolhatatlanundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • megdönthetetlenundeniable, unable to be disproved
Irish dobhréagnaithe
  • dobhréagnaitheundeniable, unable to be disproved
Italian irrefutabile
  • irrefutabileundeniable, unable to be disproved
Norwegian Bokmål ubestridelig, udiskutabel
  • ubestrideligundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • udiskutabelundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • uomtvisteligundeniable, unable to be disproved
Polish niepodważalny
  • niepodważalnyundeniable, unable to be disproved
Portuguese irrefutável
  • irrefutávelundeniable, unable to be disproved
Russian неопровержи́мый, бесспо́рный
  • неопровержи́мый (neoproveržímyj)undeniable, unable to be disproved
  • бесспо́рный (besspórnyj)undeniable, unable to be disproved
  • несомне́нный (nesomnénnyj)undeniable, unable to be disproved
Spanish irrefutable, irrebatible
  • irrefutableundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • irrebatibleundeniable, unable to be disproved
Swedish obestridlig, ovedersäglig
  • obestridligundeniable, unable to be disproved
  • ovedersägligundeniable, unable to be disproved
Ukrainian незапере́чний
  • незапере́чний (nezaperéčnyj)undeniable, unable to be disproved
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APA

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Chicago

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