irrefutable

Definition

undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

Etymology

From Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from ir- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”), from refūtō (“to refute”) + -bilis (“-able”), equivalent to ir- + refutable.

Example Sentences

• "[…]clear and irrefutable evidence of the Cause I have undertaken"
• "True, there had been nothing, in his lifetime, viler than this man. She knew it, there was no other fact within her consciousness that she felt to be so certain; and yet, because her persecutor found himself safe and irrefutable in death, he frowned upon his victim, and threw back the blame on her!"
• "He had formed his mind by Helvetius, whose system he deemed irrefutable, and in whom alone he had faith."

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