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What does disconfirm mean?

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  1. (transitive) To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
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That linkage, once made, may serve to confirm, modify, or completely disconfirm.
If meaning was closely connected with sense-experiences, it was hard to see what experiences could confirm or disconfirm the existence of a God.
I trust that in coming months and years security testers will find ways to confirm it or disconfirm it.
I tried to confirm or disconfirm each interaction with at least two different managers.
Contrary to what has been claimed, the theory is not insulated against attempts to disconfirm it.
It seems that people usually feel no need to question their developing beliefs, and that evidence which might disconfirm them is ignored.

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