irrefragable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ir=ref=ra=ga=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

irrefragable, a. [F. irréfragable, L. irrefragabilis. See Refragable.].

 Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; irrefutable; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence.

Syn. -- Incontrovertible; unanswerable; indisputable; unquestionable; incontestable; indubitable; undeniable; irrefutable.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

irrefragable, adj.
1 (of a statement, argument, or person) unanswerable, indisputable.
2 (of rules etc.) inviolable.

Derivative

irrefragably adv.

Etymology

LL irrefragabilis (as IN-(1), refragari oppose)

ROGET THESAURUS

irrefragable

Demonstration

N demonstration, proof, rigorous proof, conclusiveness, apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation, logic of facts, experimentum crucis, argument, rigorous establishment, absolute establishment, conviction, cogency, (persuasion), demonstrating, demonstrative, demonstrable, probative, unanswerable, conclusive, apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical, irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable, necessary, categorical, decisive, crucial, demonstrated, proven, unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted, evident, deducible, consequential, consectary, inferential, following, convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable), of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course, necessarily, of necessity, probatum est, there is nothing more to be said, quod est demonstrandum, Q, E, D, it must follow, exitus acta probat.