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disconfirm

[ dis-kuhn-furm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to prove to be invalid.


disconfirm

/ ˌɪəˈɜː /

verb

  1. tr (of a fact or argument) to suggest that a hypothesis is wrong or ill-formulated
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱DzԴھˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱·Dz·ھ··پDz [dis-kon-fer-, mey, -sh, uh, n, dis-kon-], noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disconfirm1

First recorded in 1935–40; dis- 1 + confirm
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If Burrell was seen on the video, it could “only disconfirm” investigators’ theory that he was the killer, the panel wrote.

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Viral images and video clips documenting protests against racism and brutality have done little to disconfirm that the police are racist and brutal.

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“We can make observations which will be useful to either confirm or disconfirm the allegations.”

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The psychology underlying the Fallacy of Excluded Exceptions is confirmation bias, where once one commits to a belief, the tendency is to look for and find only confirming examples while ignoring those that disconfirm.

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I want to think about it before I confirm it or disconfirm it, but there’s something to that.

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