irrefragable

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ɪˈrɛfrəɡəbəl/ UK /ɪˈrefrəɡəbəl/
adj Freq #562850

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    impossible to refute, dispute, or break down by argument

    If collections were themselves things, the objection would be irrefragable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · impossible to refute,... irrefutableindisputableunanswerable
Opposites
refutablecontestabledisputable
Word family
Derived forms irrefragabilityirrefragably
Related forms refuterebutargument

Etymology

From Latin irrefragabilis ("not to be resisted or opposed"), from in- ("not") + refragari ("to oppose, resist"). The English sense settled on arguments or claims that cannot be refuted.

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