refutation

Examples of refuting

refuting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The book has the standard classical kalam objective of proving - the religious creed of the author and refuting the views of opponents.
However, the results from cross-national analysis are useful for validating or refuting some of the controversial theoretical issues discussed in the literature.
However, the results from cross-national analysis are useful for validating or refuting some of the controversial theoretical and generic issues discussed in the literature.
In fact, perhaps rather than refuting any fundamental misconception concerning the nature of law, this passage points to incommensurability between different uses of 'law'.
Her conclusions would be greatly strengthened by a clearer demonstration of this point; otherwise, her opening argument refuting the "clash of civilizations" thesis is diminished.
But refuting past predictions by an appeal to time series does not make the underlying ecological and socio-economic processes disappear.
How far the author has succeeded in refuting the ' autonomy thesis ' could be a matter of debate.
The sophistication and power of the result is beyond refuting.
We certainly do not believe that science is only about refuting established theories, and we certainly do believe in formulating and testing theories.
For each reviewed study, the outcome of interest is classified as supporting a linkage, refuting a linkage, or neutral.
Part of the process consists of refuting commonly assumed obstacles and other misconceptions.
That is, research should commence from theoretical propositions, testing, refining and sometimes refuting those propositions.
A time series in tax expenditures dating from before the pension reform would be invaluable in confirming or refuting this possibility.
The value of the electrocardiogram and chest x-ray for confirming or refuting a suspected diagnosis of heart failure in the community.
But what do we do with a concept that has both supporting and refuting evidence?
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