Gegenbeweis

Definitions of Gegenbeweis
  1. noun
    any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
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    types:
    Reductio ad absurdum
    (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
    Gegenbeispiel
    refutation by example
    type of:
    Anzeichen, Beweis, Indiz
    your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
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