audacious
adjectiveBoldly willing to take risks or challenge expectations.
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Clear all filtersdogmatic
adjectiveInsisting on beliefs as unquestionably true without sufficient openness to challenge.
gainsay
verbTo deny, dispute, or speak against a statement.
heresy
nounA belief sharply opposed to an established doctrine or accepted view.
iconoclast
nounA person who challenges cherished beliefs or established conventions.
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impeach
verbTo question credibility or, in government, formally accuse an official of misconduct.
Challenge credibility
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impugn
verbTo challenge the truth, integrity, or validity of something.
incontestable
adjectiveSo firmly established that it cannot reasonably be challenged.
Beyond reasonable challenge
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provocation
nounAn action or statement that stimulates anger or a response.
rebut
verbTo answer an argument with opposing reasons or evidence.
rebuttal
nounA response that challenges a claim with opposing arguments or evidence.
refute
verbTo demonstrate that a claim or argument is false.
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