irrefutability
Cannot be disproven
Irrefutability is the quality of being impossible to disprove or argue against.
A claim has irrefutability when no evidence or reasoning can overturn it: The irrefutability of the DNA evidence convinced the jury.
In philosophy, irrefutability isn't always a virtue—theories that can't be tested or falsified may be irrefutable precisely because they explain nothing.
Impossible to deny
- indisputableImpossible to contest
- unassailableImpossible to attack successfully
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- axiomaticAccepted without question
self-evident · airtight · watertight · bulletproof · ironclad · unimpeachable · unanswerable · unarguable
Free from doubt
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- finalLast and decisive
- incontrovertibleImpossible to deny
unquestionable · infallible · unerring · guaranteed · unambiguous · unmistakable · decisive · irrevocable
Clearly logical and convincing
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- persuasiveAble to convince others
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- convincingAble to persuade
decisive · authoritative · powerful · potent · sound · valid · crushing · overwhelming
Demonstration of truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- substantiatedConfirmed with evidence
- verifiedConfirmed as accurate
- documentedPreserved in official records
empirical · corroborated · authenticated · confirmed · validated · factual · demonstrable · well-founded
incontrovertible
Impossible to deny
- indisputableImpossible to contest
- unassailableImpossible to attack successfully
- conclusiveEnding all debate
axiomatic · self-evident · airtight · watertight · bulletproof · ironclad · unimpeachable · unanswerable · unarguable · uncontestable
certain
Free from doubt
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- finalLast and decisive
incontrovertible · unquestionable · infallible · unerring · guaranteed · unambiguous · unmistakable · decisive · irrevocable · beyond question
cogent
Clearly logical and convincing
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- persuasiveAble to convince others
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
convincing · decisive · authoritative · powerful · potent · sound · valid · crushing · overwhelming · definitive
proof
Demonstration of truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- substantiatedConfirmed with evidence
- verifiedConfirmed as accurate
documented · empirical · corroborated · authenticated · confirmed · validated · factual · demonstrable · well-founded · incontestable
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Capacity to be disproven
disputability · contestability · vulnerability · questionability · debatability
irrefutabilityuncertainty
State of being unsure
doubtfulness · tentativeness · inconclusiveness · fallibility · questionability
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