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The phrase "as a refutation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a counterargument or evidence that contradicts a previous statement or claim.
Example: "The author presents several studies as a refutation of the common belief that exercise has no impact on mental health."
Alternatives: "as a counterargument" or "as a rebuttal".
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If an argument seems to refute them, we take this as a refutation of the argument.
Prince wrote as a refutation of clarity and easy categorization.
At the time, that was interpreted as a refutation of Mr. Schuler.
Glanvill's effort to prove scientifically that witches and ghosts exist was viewed as a refutation of atheism.
Genetics studies have been held up triumphantly as a refutation to the "fuzzy" humanities sort of approach.
I enjoyed Ben the student's thermal chicken theory – but not as a refutation of the greenhouse effect.
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Even this, however, should be the same, just as the thing signified should be as well, if a refutation or proof is to be effected; e.g. if the point concerns a doublet, then you should draw the conclusion of a 'doublet', not of a 'cloak'cloak
To adherents of a certain storyline, the performance was as much an affront as the result, a refutation of faith.
If he could show that her faculties developed with only minimal sensory input, she might serve as a standing refutation of Lockean materialism.
Independent women with choices stand as a factual refutation to the watery stew of evolutionary psychology, macho posturing, and LAN party horse sense that these groups subsist on.
I am not proposing this line of argument as a decisive refutation of the views held by the current Republican presidential candidates.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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