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disconfirmation

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disconfirmation (countable anduncountable,pluraldisconfirmations)

(chiefly philosophy, uncountable) Introduction ofevidence whichconclusivelyestablishes that abelief orhypothesis is nottrue or whichdiminishes theacceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
- 1990, Donald P. Spence, “Theories of the Mind: Science or Literature?”, inPoetics Today, volume11, number 2, page331:
  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.
(countable) Aparticularfact,observation, or other item ofevidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.
- 1981, Daniel M. Hausman, “John Stuart Mill's Philosophy of Economics”, inPhilosophy of Science, volume48, number 3, page366:
  One can reduce thedisconfirmations of economic generalizations by specifying a margin of error.