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irrefutable.

Adjective
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MEANING

So securely established or supported that it cannot be successfully refuted on the relevant grounds.

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  • irrefutable evidence
  • irrefutable conclusion

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The dated record supplied irrefutable evidence for the narrow chronological claim.
The conclusion was irrefutable within the agreed assumptions but did not decide the broader dispute.

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Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Comparative more irrefutable; superlative most irrefutable where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evidence assessment, qualification, argument critique, assumption analysis. Disciplines: argumentation, logic, research interpretation, formal writing. Commonness: moderately common.

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