Disconfirm

Quick meaning: Disconfirm is a verb meaning (transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.

Meaning

(transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.

Example Sentences

As a result, if facts disconfirm the officially sanctioned theoretical vision, they are subordinated.

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.

Word Forms

• disconfirms
• disconfirming
• disconfirmed

Synonyms for disconfirm

Depending on context, synonyms include infirm.

Antonyms for disconfirm

Common opposites include confirm.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include invalidating, negative, unsupportive, confute, disprove, refute.

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