corroboratory

Meanings

• adjective

  serving to support or confirm; tending to prove the validity of something

• adjective

  providing evidence or confirmation; tending to establish the truth of something

• noun

  giving support or confirmation

• noun

  the act of corroborating or the state of being corroborated

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with corroboratory
corroborate , collaborate , perpetuate

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Variants

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corroborate , corroborated , corroborates , corroborating , corroboration , corroborations , corroborative , corroborator , corroborators , corroboratory

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Etymology

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late Middle English: from Latin corroborare, from corrobore ‘strengthen, confirm’, from com- ‘together’ + robore ‘strength, power’

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1. The term 'corroboratory' comes from the Latin word 'corroborare', which means 'to make strong or confirm'.

2. In legal proceedings, corroboratory evidence is often used to strengthen a case and increase the likelihood of a favorable outcome.

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1. evidence: Evidence is any information that is used to establish the existence or truth of something. Corroboratory evidence is evidence that supports or confirms other evidence.

2. confirmation bias: Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses. Corroboratory evidence can help reduce the impact of confirmation bias by providing independent confirmation of a belief or hypothesis.

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Quotes

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1. … the great Dr. Woodruff … "corroborated" my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved …

   - James Thurber,7 Mar. 1946,{"source"=>"in {it}Selected Letters Of James Thurber{/it}", "aqdate"=>"(1980) 1981"}

2. Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police "corroborate" testimony …

   - David Fisher,{it}Hard Evidence{/it},1995

3. Studies that are wrong will be superseded by better studies with different results. Studies that are right will be "corroborated" by other good studies.

   - Harriet Hall,{it}Skeptic{/it},2007

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Culture

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The term 'corroboratory' is often used in legal contexts to refer to evidence or testimony that supports or confirms other evidence or testimony. It has also been used in literature and science to refer to the process of confirming or strengthening theories or findings.

How to Memorize "corroboratory"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a judge in a courtroom examining pieces of evidence. One piece of evidence is the primary evidence, and the other pieces are corroboratory evidence that support and confirm the primary evidence.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'corroboratory' with the idea of supporting or confirming evidence or theories.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the acronym CORROBORATE: Confirm, Obtain, Record, Report, Observe, Believe, Obtain, Test

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