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incontrovertible

/ɪŋˌkɑntroʊˈvɜrtɪbəl/
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When something is incontrovertible, it is undeniably, absolutely, 100 percent, completely true. That rain is wet is an incontrovertible fact.

If you look at incontrovertible, you see that -controver-, as in controversy, is hiding inside. Add in the prefix, and it's easy to see that incontrovertible means there is no controversy about something, or, in other words, it is unchangeable and true. Incontrovertible evidence or proof is what you are looking for if you suspect that someone is doing something wrong.

Definitions of incontrovertible
  1. adjective
    impossible to deny or disprove
    incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence”
    undeniable
    not possible to deny
  2. adjective
    necessarily or demonstrably true
    synonyms: demonstrable
    incontestable, incontestible
    incapable of being contested or disputed
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