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  • 21subversion — Synonyms and related words: alienation, answer, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, brainwashing, breakdown, breakup, capsizal, capsize, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean slate, clean sweep, complete answer, computer revolution, confounding,… …

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  • 22undermining — Synonyms and related words: answer, complete answer, confounding, confutation, contradiction, controversion, demolition, denial, discrediting, effective rejoinder, overthrow, overthrowal, rebuttal, refutal, refutation, squelch, subversion, upset …

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  • 23upset — Synonyms and related words: abash, abashed, abroad, addle, addle the wits, adrift, afflict, afflicted, afraid, agitate, agitated, agitation, ail, all up with, all overs, amiss, angry, angst, answer, answer conclusively, anxiety, anxiety hysteria …

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  • 24self-contradiction — negation of oneself, refutal of oneself …

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  • 25refute — [rɪ fju:t] verb 1》 prove (a statement or the person advancing it) to be wrong. 2》 deny (a statement or accusation). Derivatives refutable adjective refutal noun refutation rɛfjʊ teɪʃ(ə)n noun refuter noun …

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  • 26refutation — n. Confutation, disproof, refutal …

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  • 27refutation — /rɛfjuˈteɪʃən/ (say refyooh tayshuhn) noun the act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof. Also, refutal /rəˈfjutl/ (say ruh fyoohtl) …

  • 28denial — [n] dismissal, refusal of belief in statement abnegation, abstaining, adjuration, brush off, cold shoulder*, contradiction, controversion, declination, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissing, disproof, dissent, forswearing,… …

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  • 29refutation — [ri fyo͞ot′ lref΄yə tā′shən] n. [L refutatio < refutatus, pp.] 1. the act of refuting, or proving false or wrong; disproof 2. something that refutes, as an argument: Also refutal [ri fyo͞ot′ l] …

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  • 30falsification — noun 1. a willful perversion of facts • Syn: ↑misrepresentation • Derivationally related forms: ↑falsify • Hypernyms: ↑wrongdoing, ↑wrongful conduct, ↑misconduct, ↑ …

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