refutative

[ ri-fyoo-tuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. tending to refute; pertaining to refutation:

   refutative evidence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of refutative¹

First recorded in 1645–55; refutat(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

If this be not done, a refutative argument may be drawn from such omission that the respondent was not aware of the relativity.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet the first book exhibits to us a specimen of negative and refutative dialectic which is not surpassed by anything 365in Plato.

From Project Gutenberg