disproof
pronunciation
How to pronounce disproof in British English:
UK [dɪs'pru:f]
How to pronounce disproof in American English:
US [dɪsˈpruf]
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- Noun:
- any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
- the act of determining that something is false
Word Origin
- disproof (n.)
- 1530s; see dis- + proof.
Example
- 1. Today 's european disarray is , the critics note , a disproof of this proposition .
- 2. The ryan plan is a " reductio ad absurdum " a disproof by taking a proposition to a logical conclusion .
- 3. It was no disproof of clerical logic , but it was a reasonable point .
- 4. He could not believe even with the disproof before his eyes .
- 5. Disproof : the act of refuting or disproving .