incontrovertible
pronunciation
How to pronounce incontrovertible in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkɒntrəˈvɜ:təbl]
How to pronounce incontrovertible in American English:
US [ˌɪnkɑntrəˈvɜrtəbl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to deny or disprove
- necessarily or demonstrably true
Word Origin
- incontrovertible (adj.)
- 1640s, from in- (1) "not" + controvertible (see controvert). Related: Incontrovertibly.
Example
- 1. It is by no means an incontrovertible claim .
- 2. Albus dumbledore : minister , the evidence of the dark lord 's return is incontrovertible .
- 3. The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt .
- 4. For some people , it is the absolute , incontrovertible truth that the world was created in 6 days by an omniscient , eternal creator god .
- 5. The essays , a series of incontrovertible meditations on the art of management , are shot through with humanism .