disconfirmation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis. uncountable
    — Once we move our search to the region of the mind, we find that access to the facts becomes much more difficult; as a result, disconfirmation is largely out of reach and metaphor begins to flourish.
  2. A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true. countable
    — One can reduce the disconfirmations of economic generalizations by specifying a margin of error.

词形变化

disconfirmations plural

词汇关系

近义词
infirmation
相关词
disconfirm

词源

Etymology tree
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English confirmation
English disconfirmation
From dis- + confirmation.
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