confutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtātiō (“refutation”, feminine noun). By surface analysis, confute +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

enPR: kŏn′fyo͞o-tā′shən^[1]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.fjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.fjuˈteɪ.ʃən/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.fjuˈteɪ.ʃən/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.fjʉːˈtæɪ.ʃən/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔn.fjʉˈte.ʃən/
(India) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.fjuːˈʈeː.ʃon/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: con‧fu‧ta‧tion^[1]

Noun

confutation (countable and uncountable, plural confutations)

The act or process of confuting; refutation.
Something that confutes.

Derived terms

confutational

Translations

act or process of confuting — see also refutation

Bulgarian: опровергаване (bg) (oprovergavane), опровержение (bg) (oproverženie)

something that confutes

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “confutation”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.