REFUTE  反駁難na4n

PROVE that something is NOT TRUE.
DISPROVEPROVE WRONGPROVE FALSEDEBUNKDISCREDITINVALIDATEINFORMAL POKE HOLES INFORMAL CONFUTE
Hypernym
  • PROVEEXPLAIN CLEARLY WHY a SENTENCE is TRUE.
    • EXPLAINDISCUSS so as to CAUSE something to BECOME MORE CLEAR.
      • DISCUSSSPEAK SYSTEMATICALLY on something, BASING oneself on INVESTIGATION AND REFLECTION.
        • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z....
See also
  • CRITICISESPEAK AND NAME SOMETHING BAD and AVOIDABLE. 
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. There is no current and common word for refutation. The closest one can come is nàn 難 "make objections" and fēi 非 "declare to be wrong".

    NB: Bó 駁 is post-Buddhist.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    批駁

    駁斥

    駁倒

    反駁

    駁

    批判

    批

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      REFUTE

      refutare refers to a refutation by any means and the word refers specifically to a defensive act of refutation of arguments directed against him.

      confutare refers to an offensive act of refutation in exposing the nullity of an opponent's arguments.

    • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

      CORRECTIO

    • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 74

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.680

      WIDERLEGUNG

    • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 69

    Words

    難  nàn OC: mɢlaans MC: nɑn 9 AttributionsWD

    There is no current and common word for refutation. The closest one can come is nàn 難 "make objections" and fēi 非"declare to be wrong".

      Syntactic words
    • nabactobjections
    • vadVobjecting (say): 難曰
    • vt[oN]make an objection, make objections
    • vtoNinvalidate, challenge successfully; make objections against, make critical remarks about
    • vtoNperfectiveinvalidate, challenge successfully;CH
    非  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 1 AttributionWD

    There is no current and common word for refutation. The closest one can come is nàn 難 "make objections" and fēi 非"declare to be wrong".

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdeclarativedeclare to be wrong
    駁  bó OC: praawɡ MC: pɣɔk 1 AttributionWD

    Bó 駁is post-Buddhist

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNrefute
    迢難  tiáo nàn OC: ɡ-leew mɢlaans MC: deu nɑn 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNraise objections against (a person)

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