noun
- a person who proves someone or something to be wrong; one who refutes or disproves
Usage: formal; relatively rare in modern usage
Examples
- The scientist became a confuter of the outdated theory through rigorous experimentation.
- As a skilled debater, she was known as a confuter of weak arguments.
- The confuter presented evidence that contradicted the original claim.
- He took pride in being a confuter of pseudoscience.
- The article's confuter carefully dismantled each point of the opposing view.