Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The production of material goods.
- n. The act of substantiating or giving substance to anything; the act of proving; evidence; proof.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- n. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct
Examples
“They took a step towards lifecycle analysis — the kinds of things you need to think about to make a very broad environmental claim, even knowing substantiation is difficult.”
“Mylanta Night Time Strength: first time a court adopted the FTC principle, for Lanham Act purposes, that lack of substantiation is equivalent to falsity.”
“I will be pleased to review any information which Mr. McMeans might directly provide in substantiation of your claimed SEAL service and to discuss your claimed credentials at length with him.”
“A registrant who claims to be a conscientious objector shall offer information in substantiation of his claim on a Special Form for Conscientious Objector (SSS Form No. 150) which, when filed, shall become a part of his Classification Questionnaire (SSS Form No. 100).”
“Confusion over substantiation, meaning of claims to consumers.”
“The 157-page report titled “Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation,” does not differ from a preliminary report issued in August, but offers "substantiation" for their views, Augustine said.”
Committee Urges Multi-Destination Plan for NASA Human Space Flight | Universe Today
“Ok, I’ve spent quite a while looking for some kind of substantiation that President Bush at one time pressured his girlfriend to have an abortion.”
Think Progress » Senate passes bill expanding stem cell research.
“News Corp has dismissed the report as "anonymous speculation" with "no substantiation" and said earlier this month that the company was fully co-operating with all investigations into the firm.”
The Guardian: Attorney general to investigate NoW 9/11 phone-hacking allegations
“Motorola has been told by the Advertising Standards Authority that its ad broke rules relating to misleading advertising, substantiation, exaggeration and comparisons.”
The Guardian: Motorola smartphone ad banned after complaints from Samsung fans
“The ASA banned the ad for breaking advertising code rules relating to misleading advertising, substantiation, exaggeration and comparisons, and ruled that Motorola must not stake claim to the world's most powerful smartphone again.”
The Guardian: Motorola smartphone ad banned after complaints from Samsung fans
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jbd1's Words
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treatise, enthrall, nimble, hinder, serene, transhumanism, meliorism, denote, apropos, equivalence, valence, orthogonal and 156 more...
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