Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disconfirm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: dis-con-firm
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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."
"As a result, if facts disconfirm the officially sanctioned theoretical vision, they are subordinated."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English confirm English disconfirm From dis- + confirm.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

disconfirms (present, singular) disconfirming (participle, present) disconfirmed (participle, past) disconfirmed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

disconfirmable disconfirmation disconfirmatory

Synonyms

infirm

Antonyms

confirm

Questions

What does disconfirm mean?: To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
Where does disconfirm come from?: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English confirm English disconfirm From dis- + confirm.

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