repudiation
4
8.2
- noun
- /rɪˌpjuːdiˈeɪʃən/
- Formal
:
refutación
- The speech was the best defense of the administration ever, with facts and repudiation of the Republicans.
The Chinese team says their findings aren't repudiation, but that maybe they didn't use enough nitrogen to dupe the compound or something like that.
- The Chinese team says their findings aren't repudiation, but that maybe they didn't use enough nitrogen to dupe the compound or something like that.
Examples
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The queer past's repudiation of marriage was only one part of a much larger critique of social systems.
Academic text (2011) -
The collapse of authoritarian governments across the continent has been accompanied by a vocal popular repudiation of personal rule, elitist domination, and official corruption.
Academic text (1992) -
As such, it is a direct repudiation of radical claims urged by some for an international agency to control the oceans.
Academic text (2005) -
Is that not, in effect, a repudiation of Sacrosanctum Concilium?
Blog text (31) -
Which actually wasn't an argument at all, but a repudiation of someone's point.
Blog text (22) -
Oh wait, you can't, because the American healthcare system is a complete repudiation of free market dogmatism!
Blog text (10) -
The explicit repudiation of force (Gewalt) was directed at both examples of aggression.
Academic text (2001) -
Politically, President Bush was reneging on his various campaign promises; the most notable was the repudiation of his vaunted "no new taxes" pledge.
Academic text (1992) -
The government's new policy is seen as a repudiation of past practices that failed to address climate change.
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The committee issued a formal repudiation of the previous year’s decisions regarding funding allocations.
Synonyms
5
5.6
Showing that a belief, story, or idea is not true
1
6.8
A fact or argument that shows an idea is not true
1
9.3
The act of making someone or something seem less legitimate
Evidence that shows a belief or theory is wrong
A statement saying that something is not true or not valid
Antonyms
How Convincing
- Formal
10
6.8
- Formal
4
8.2
60
6.7
88
3.9
- Formal
120
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repudiation comes from the Latin repudiare, meaning 'to reject'. That's why a repudiation can be a clear rejection that exposes something as false or not believable.