controversion

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Apparently no one attempted a scientific and personal controversion of Fletcherism during the period of its maximum popularity.

From Time Magazine Archive

What did the historian mean by alleging credulity in way of accounting for facts which he adduced, and left without direct controversion, or any attempt at such?

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen

One important demonstration was his controversion of the theory of abiogenesis, or "spontaneous generation," as propounded by Needham and Buffon.

From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith

Barring certain conclusions which are open to easy controversion, the narrative is exceedingly careful, graphic, and in the main truthful.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 by Various

The unconscious tracks of the forger, however, cannot be bribed or made to lie, and they often speak in a language so unmistakable as to utterly defy controversion.

From Disputed Handwriting An exhaustive, valuable, and comprehensive work upon one of the most important subjects of to-day. With illustrations and expositions for the detection and study of forgery by handwriting of all kinds by Lavay, Jerome Buell