0 present participle of refute
1 to say or prove that a person, statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false:
The book has the standard classical kalam objective of proving - the religious creed of the author and refuting the views of opponents.
However, the results from cross-national analysis are useful for validating or refuting some of the controversial theoretical issues discussed in the literature.
However, the results from cross-national analysis are useful for validating or refuting some of the controversial theoretical and generic issues discussed in the literature.
In fact, perhaps rather than refuting any fundamental misconception concerning the nature of law, this passage points to incommensurability between different uses of 'law'.
Her conclusions would be greatly strengthened by a clearer demonstration of this point; otherwise, her opening argument refuting the "clash of civilizations" thesis is diminished.
But refuting past predictions by an appeal to time series does not make the underlying ecological and socio-economic processes disappear.
How far the author has succeeded in refuting the ' autonomy thesis ' could be a matter of debate.
The sophistication and power of the result is beyond refuting.
