Plural of disproof; pieces of evidence or arguments that show something is false or incorrect.
From dis- + proof (from Old French preuve, from Latin proba, 'approval'). The prefix makes proof into disproof—evidence against rather than for.
In scientific methodology, disproofs are actually celebrated—Karl Popper argued that what makes science work is our ability to disprove theories, not just confirm them.
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