disconfirmation

noun

Etymology

From dis- + confirmation.

  1. derived from cōnfirmātiō
  2. derived from confirmacion
  3. inherited from confirmacioun
  4. prefixed as disconfirmation — “dis + confirmation

Definitions

  1. Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is…

    Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.

    • Once we move our search to the region of the mind, we find that access to the facts becomes much more difficult; as a result, disconfirmation is largely out of reach and metaphor begins to flourish.
  2. A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show…

    A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.

    • One can reduce the disconfirmations of economic generalizations by specifying a margin of error.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for disconfirmation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA