disconfirm
disconfirm verb: to establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
Verb
disconfirm (third-person singular simple present disconfirms, present participle disconfirming, simple past and past participle disconfirmed)
- To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
- The empirical data obtained in a test—or, as we shall prefer to say, the observation sentences describing those data—may then either confirm or disconfirm the given hypothesis, or they may be neutral with respect to it.1943, Carl G. Hempel, “A Purely Syntactical Definition of Confirmation”, in The Journal of Symbolic Logic, volume 8, number 4, page 122
- As a result, if facts disconfirm the officially sanctioned theoretical vision, they are subordinated.2016 September 14, Paul Romer, “The Trouble with Macroeconomics”, in Working paper, page 15
- Synonyms:
- infirm
Synonyms of disconfirm
Antonyms
Forms of disconfirm
| third-person singular present | disconfirms |
|---|---|
| present participle | disconfirming |
| past participle | disconfirmed |
| past | disconfirmed |
Origin of disconfirm
From dis- + confirm.
Questions about disconfirm
- What does disconfirm mean?
- Disconfirm means to establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
- What part of speech is disconfirm?
- Disconfirm is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disconfirm?
- The past tense of disconfirm is disconfirmed.
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