DISCONFIRMING Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

disconfirming

verb

present participle of disconfirm

as in denying

to declare not to be true later updates on the news story disconfirmed many details of the initial report

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as in refuting

to prove to be false contends that we will never be able to confirm or disconfirm the existence of God

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Her husband, Conor, has gone on the record denying any involvement in her death.

— Kelsie Cairns , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The latter predicts a single universe by denying the universal validity of Schrödinger’s equation.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of denying

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OpenAI’s proof provides an algorithm to solve 3-SAT that is just a tiny bit faster than exponential time, refuting ETH.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
While refuting any suggestion of police repression, Lecornu condemned violence on the margins of protests, which were mostly peaceful Tuesday, despite the dramatic scenes that dominated coverage.

— Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of refuting

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Unlike municipalities Uthmeier threatened after rejecting the agreements, these local governments have not formally accepted or rejected a 287(g) collaboration.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
And filmmakers building outside Hollywood’s traditional gates aren’t rejecting the business.

— Chaseedaw Giles, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of rejecting

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