SUBSTANTIATION

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

Synonyms:

proof; substantiation; validation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("substantiation" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "substantiation"):

authentication; certification (validating the authenticity of something or someone)

documentation; support (documentary validation)

monetisation; monetization (establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country)

probate (the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements)

Derivation:

substantiate (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

Example:

fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory

Synonyms:

check; confirmation; substantiation; verification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("substantiation" is a kind of...):

cogent evidence; proof (any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "substantiation"):

bed check (a check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be)

crosscheck (an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources)

odd-even check; parity check; redundancy check (a system of checking for errors in computer functioning)

checksum (a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage)