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Irrefragable

[ih-REF-rə-gə-bl]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Latin, mid 16th century

1.

Not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable.

Examples of Irrefragable in a sentence

"As a student, it was Kevin’s irrefragable right to play football on school property."

"It was an irrefragable truth that Wren was the best manager that the restaurant had ever employed."

About Irrefragable

This word finds its origins in the Latin word “irrefragabilis,” from the combination of the words “in” (not) + “refragari” (oppose).

Did you Know?

It takes a specific process to prove that a hypothesis is irrefragable. The scientific process gives a framework for testing and then verifying a hypothesis through producing repeatable results.

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