refutational
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From refutation + -al.
Adjective
[edit]refutational (not comparable)
- Related to, or characteristic of refutation
- 2015 July 9, “The Role of Healthcare Professionals in Encouraging Parents to See and Hold Their Stillborn Baby: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Meta-synthesis involves systematic study selection and quality appraisal, the identification of initial concepts (from individual study findings), and a protracted process of reciprocal translation (comparison of accounts directly comparable) and refutational translation (comparison of accounts directly oppositional) in the development of a new, distinct line of argument with an emergent hypothesis that fits all the studies.