confutation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtātiō (“refutation”, feminine noun). By surface analysis, confute +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kŏn′fyo͞o-tā′shən[1]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.fjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.fjuˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.fjuˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.fjʉːˈtæɪ.ʃən/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.fjʉˈte.ʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: con‧fu‧ta‧tion[1]

Noun

confutation (countable and uncountable, plural confutations)

  1. The act or process of confuting; refutation.
  2. Something that confutes.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “confutation”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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