disconfirm en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English confirm English disconfirm From dis- + confirm.
Meanings
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(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.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disconfirms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disconfirmed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disconfirmed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disconfirming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Relateds
disconfirmatory · disconfirmation · disconfirmable
Synonyms
Translations (2)
pt desconfirmar (to establish the falsity of a claim or belief) · da afkræfte (to establish the falsity of a claim or belief)