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In literature, "irrefutable" is used to convey a sense of absolute certainty and unassailable proof, whether referring to evidence, logic, or even the emotional expression of a character. Authors employ it to bolster arguments—asserting that a point or claim, once made, demands acceptance as in the case of persuasive evidence ([1], [2]) and sound reasoning ([3], [4])—or to describe definitive characteristics, such as an unmistakable smile or a gesture that leaves no room for doubt ([5]). At times, the term lends an almost poetic quality to declarations of truth and inevitability, mingling empirical observation with philosophical certitude, much like the way it underscores both legal rigor ([6]) and the indelible nature of personal conviction ([7], [8]).
  1. So I decided to study the signals farther until I had irrefutable proof, and to answer them if possible.
    — from Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various
  2. The evidence was thorough and irrefutable.
    — from The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by Bruce Sterling
  3. This argument appears to its framer irrefutable and a retort to which there can be no rejoinder.
    — from Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith
  4. In the first place, there was the irrefutable law of mathematical probabilities.
    — from The Tunnellers of Holzminden (with a side-issue) by H. G. (Hugh George) Durnford
  5. She looked up at him with the old, irrefutable smile.
    — from Mr. Waddington of Wyck by May Sinclair
  6. This right is strengthened by legal considerations that are perhaps even more irrefutable.
    — from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various
  7. It was the truth, absolute and irrefutable.
    — from The Third Window by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  8. The theory seems irrefutable just because the act of transference of the people’s will cannot be verified, for it never occurred.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy

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