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Definitive

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Precisely describe

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Dialectic

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Practice of arriving at a truth through opposing logical arguments

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Empirical

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Relying on or derived from observation or experiment

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Presuppose

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To believe or assume in advance

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Rationalize

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Devising self satisfying but incorrect reasons for behavior

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Rebuttal

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Opposing evidence or arguments or the presentation of those arguments

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Repudiate

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To reject the truth, the authority, or the validity of

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Tenuous

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Flimsy

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Verifiable

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Able to be proven true

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Axiomatic

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Self evident

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