refutation

Preposition: of

• hypothesis: HOWEVER a failure to obtain statistically significant findings is a refutation of the hypothesis.
• theory: Kuhn pointed out that the history of science does not support Popper's view that science advances by the systematic refutation of theories.
• claim: First some refutation of claims that seem to be exaggerated.
• doctrine: Dante gives a refutation of the doctrine of the multiplicity of souls, ascribed to Plato by Thomas Aquinas.
• argument: Nor is there a hope of a quick refutation of the argument in terms of innocents.
• error: Let us take the next, more mature, work by Kautsky, which was also largely devoted to a refutation of opportunist errors.

Converse of object

• write: Finally, believe me, you are not obliged to write refutations of what I say.
• offer: Wittgenstein, in his appeal to ordinary language, is supposed to offer a refutation of skepticism.
• need: To me all that is such a disconnection from sense the asylum run by the lunatics as to need no refutation.
• require: The opinion of some that it means the wind, is too frigid to require refutation.
• give: Dante gives a refutation of the doctrine of the multiplicity of souls, ascribed to Plato by Thomas Aquinas.
• provide: Yet we will provide additional refutation of Zawadi's desperate distortions of biblical teaching as we move along.

Adjective modifier

• attempted: What is needed in science is to test the knowledge by attempted refutation.
• detailed: I have ample detailed refutations to the lie of trinity on my site.
• complete: Here are just a few points, not in any way an attempt at a complete refutation of the article.
• good: Perhaps a good refutation of that type of argument is provided by the British case.
• thorough: But the most thorough refutation of the claim that Muhammad is the Comforter is found in this chapter in a larger book.
• comprehensive: The only hurt they do not suffer is comprehensive refutation.

Noun used with modifier

• resolution: General purpose inference systems, such as Prolog's resolution refutation can be used to solve problems stated in logic.
• point-by-point: He has certainly not indulged in a careful reading or point-by-point refutation of Luther, or indeed of any classic Protestant writer on justification.