refutative
refutative — adjective
- refutativepositive
- more refutativecomparative
- most refutativesuperlative
1. offering or providing an argument that shows a statement or belief to be wrong o
offering or providing an argument that shows a statement or belief to be wrong or false
Tendai wrote a refutative response to the newspaper article about renewable energy costs.
refutative + noun (response)
Tomás presented refutative evidence that disproved the theory of a single ancient language.
refutative + noun (evidence)
The committee received a refutative report from Ada, showing the plan's cost estimates were wrong.
Professor Chen described the study as purely refutative — it attacked the old model but offered no new one.
Michael's refutative arguments were so thorough that the debate ended early.
- rebutting
more common in legal contexts; stronger emphasis on formal contradiction of a specific point
- disproving
more general and slightly more frequent; focuses on showing something is false
- countering
broader; can mean opposing without necessarily proving false
- refuting
the base verb form; more natural in active sentences than the adjective 'refutative'
- supportive
providing evidence in favour rather than against
- corroborating
confirming or strengthening a claim rather than weakening it
- affirming
stating positively that something is true
文法句型
refutative + noun
be + refutative
用法筆記
Only sense in use; rarely appears outside formal academic or legal writing. Frequently used attributively before nouns such as 'evidence', 'argument', 'essay', or 'report'.