incontrovertible
adjective
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If something is indisputable, it's incontrovertible. But if it is open to question, is it controvertible? It sure is. The antonyms controvertible and incontrovertible are both derivatives of the verb controvert (meaning "to dispute or oppose by reasoning"), which is itself a spin-off of controversy. And what is the source of all of these controversial terms? The Latin adjective controversus, which literally means "turned against."
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Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The film stops short of claiming to have conclusively unmasked the creator of Bitcoin, absent incontrovertible proof.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
First, an uncomfortable and incontrovertible truth: Europeans and Americans have felt greater affinity and proximity—both cultural and geographic—to Ukraine, Ukrainians, and their struggle for freedom than to other countries and people in crisis.
—Nina Jankowicz, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2023
For careers such as electrical engineering and computer science, the value of symbolic logic, usually taught in sophomore year discrete mathematics courses, is incontrovertible.
—Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Incontrovertible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incontrovertible. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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