单词 | overthrowable |
释义 | > as lemmasoverˈthrowable overˈthrowable adj. capable of being overthrown. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted traversable?1530 deniable1548 repugnable1578 refutable1600 improvable1604 revincible1633 confutable1638 convincible1643 rebuttable1646 overthrowable1653 disprovable1686 improbative1754 1653 R. Boyle Let. to Mallet 23 Sept. in Wks. (1772) I. Life 53 Which..I found, though hardly overthrowable in equity, yet to be questionable in strictness of law. 1900 S. Butler Further Extracts Notebks. Samuel Butler (1934) 228 Confidence in a reasonable amount of stability in the world around us is a sine qua non for action of any kind; but it is still less moral that either man or theory should not be attackable, and, if cause be shown, overthrowable at all. 1997 A. O'Hear Beyond Evol. (1999) ii. 21 Life, beliefs, and dispositions which are neither justifiable by reason in the abstract nor overthrowable by reason. < as lemmas |
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