simple past tense and past participle of self-refute

present participle of self-refute

(intransitive) (of an idea or theory) To prove itself false by showing that falsehood is a logical consequence of the act or situation of holding it to be true.

(epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.

plural of refutationist

A proponent of refutationism.

In terms of refutation