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nounthe act of determining that something is false
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nounany evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
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Definition that contains disproof
- axiom (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
- reductio (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
- reductio ad absurdum (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction