Usually means: Evidence or proof of falseness.
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  1. disconfirmation: Merriam-Webster
  2. disconfirmation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. disconfirmation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. disconfirmation: Wiktionary
  5. disconfirmation: Dictionary.com
  6. disconfirmation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. disconfirmation: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (disconfirmation)

noun:  (chiefly philosophy, uncountable) Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.
noun:  (countable) A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.

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