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rebuffal

rebuffal noun: a rebuttal, a statement contradicting another.

Noun

rebuffal (plural rebuffals)

  1. A rebuttal, a statement contradicting another.
    • Voltaire is much more critical of the Système de la Nature, adopting a position much closer to deism and spiritualism , fully aware that too strong a rebuffal of such views would not go down well with his royal correspondents.2003 12, Xavier Martin, Human Nature and the French Revolution: From the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 21
    • That is the easiest ever rebuffal of a challenge I have ever done in my life.2020, 11:30 from the start, in No More Jockeys, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Tim Key

Forms of rebuffal

pluralrebuffals

Origin of rebuffal

Likely confused blend of rebuff + rebuttal, but possibly rebuff + -al

Questions about rebuffal

What does rebuffal mean?
Rebuffal means a rebuttal, a statement contradicting another.
What part of speech is rebuffal?
Rebuffal is a noun.
What is the plural of rebuffal?
The plural of rebuffal is rebuffals.

Words near rebuffal in the dictionary

  1. rebudgeting
  2. rebudgets
  3. rebuds
  4. rebuff
  5. rebuffable
  6. rebuffal
  7. rebuffed
  8. rebuffer
  9. rebuffered
  10. rebuffering
  11. rebufferings

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