CONFUTING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in refuting

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verb

present participle of confute

as in overturning

to prove to be false theories which will eventually be confirmed or confuted by experience

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How’s an architect supposed to address these overlapping and contradictory rubrics, much less resolve them?

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
Žižek’s hot takes and critical interpretations, on cinema and philosophy, are often counter-intuitive and seemingly contradictory, but never boring.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

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