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self-refutation

self-refutation noun: an act of self-refuting.

Noun

self-refutation (plural self-refutations)

  1. An act of self-refuting.
    • I remember grappling with the self-refutation objection back in my undergraduate days in a philosophy of science course under Robert Frederick.2009, Hales, Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy

Forms of self-refutation

pluralself-refutations

Origin of self-refutation

From self- + refutation.

Words that rhyme with self-refutation

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Questions about self-refutation

What does self-refutation mean?
Self-refutation means an act of self-refuting.
What part of speech is self-refutation?
Self-refutation is a noun.
What is the plural of self-refutation?
The plural of self-refutation is self-refutations.

Words near self-refutation in the dictionary

  1. self-reflections
  2. self-reflective
  3. self-reflects
  4. self-reflexive
  5. self-reflexivity
  6. self-refutation
  7. self-refutations
  8. self-refute
  9. self-refuted
  10. self-refutes
  11. self-refuting

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