different between incontrovertible vs irrefragable

English

Etymology

in- +? controvertible

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.k?n.t???v??.t?bl?/

Adjective

incontrovertible (comparative more incontrovertible, superlative most incontrovertible)

1. Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

   Synonyms: indisputable, undeniable, unquestionable

   Antonym: controvertible

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Spanish

Etymology

From in- +? controvertible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkont?obe??tible/, [??.kõn?.t??o.??e??t?i.??le]

Adjective

incontrovertible (plural incontrovertibles)

1. undisputable

English

Etymology

From Latin irrefr?g?bilis, from refr?gor (“oppose, contest”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????f????b(?)l/, /?i???fra??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????f????b(?)l/, /?i???fræ??b(?)l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i???fra??b(?)l/

Adjective

irrefragable (comparative more irrefragable, superlative most irrefragable)

1. Which cannot be refuted; indisputable, clearly right, incontrovertible. [from 16th c.]
   • 1885, Charlotte M. Yonge, Nuttie's Father, ch. 20:

     Bulfinch, a solicitor at Redcastle, came to him with irrefragable proofs of gross peculation on the part of the bailiff.

   • 1913, Jack London, John Barleycorn, ch. 19:

     [W]e didn't. That is the irrefragable fact. We didn't.

   • 2001 Jan. 14, Harold Evans, "Bookend: White House Book Club," New York Times (retrieved 18 Nov 2012):

     Lionel Trilling has cautioned us that an idea derived from reading is not a unitary, irrefragable thing but something modified in its transmission.

Synonyms

• (which cannot be refuted): incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, unanswerable, undeniable, unquestionable

Antonyms

• refragable

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