refute
English translations
- 01
widerlegen, entkräften
- 02
widerlegen
- 03
entkräften
Word details
- German meaning
- Bezieht sich auf die Theorie von Lamarck, dass erworbene Eigenschaften vererbt werden können.
- English meaning
- Lamarckian
- German example
- Die lamarckistische Sichtweise auf Evolution ist heute weitgehend widerlegt.
- English example
- The Lamarckian view of evolution is largely refuted today.
Related words
- dementieren
refute
- entkräften
weaken, refute, undermine
- elenktisch
Elenctic refers to refuting or confuting someone by cross-examination, often in a philosophical context.
- vitalistisch
Vitalistic refers to a philosophical doctrine that living organisms are governed by an immaterial life force or principle that cannot be reduced to physical or chemical processes.
- Widerlegbarkeit
Falsifiability refers to the property of a statement or theory that it can potentially be refuted by empirical observations or logical arguments.
- widerlegen
to refute