sub·stan·ti·ate

(səb-stăn′shē-āt′)

tr.v. sub·stan·ti·at·ed, sub·stan·ti·at·ing, sub·stan·ti·ates

1. To prove the truth of or support with proof or evidence: substantiate an accusation. See Synonyms at confirm.

2. To give substance to; make real or actual.

[New Latin substantiāre, substantiāt-, from Latin substantia, substance; see substance.]

sub·stan′ti·a′tion n.

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Noun	1.	substantiation - additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" confirmation, verification, check cogent evidence, proof - any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it" 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
	2.	substantiation - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something validation, proof determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" authentication, certification - validating the authenticity of something or someone documentation, support - documentary validation; "his documentation of the results was excellent"; "the strongest support for this view is the work of Jones" 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

substantiation

noun

1. That which confirms:

attestation, authentication, confirmation, corroboration, demonstration, evidence, proof, testament, testimonial, testimony, validation, verification, warrant.

2. A physical entity typifying an abstraction:

embodiment, exteriorization, externalization, incarnation, manifestation, materialization, objectification, personalization, personification, type.

Rhetoric: prosopopeia.

Translations

substantiation

[səbˌstænʃɪˈeɪʃən] N → comprobación f, justificación f

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substantiation

n → Erhärtung f, → Untermauerung f; as yet this theory lacks substantiation → diese Theorie ist bisher noch nicht erhärtet; in substantiation of → zur Erhärtung (+gen)

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References in classic literature

"A short time since you were advancing a most logical argument in substantiation of your theory that camp lay directly south of us.

View in context

Several opinions include rulings that substantiation is not required for claims that are clearly exaggerations or boasts upon which a reasonable consumer would not rely The Council of Better Business Bureaus mirrors these decisions in its Code of Advertising.

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For example, Thinking About Women suggests that homemaking is literally a hazardous occupation, since it "exposes [women] to a wide variety of toxic substances" that are not subjected to the same government regulations as in industrial settings, and darkly states that "the high death rate by cancer among housewives [has not] been widely discussed." No factual substantiation is given for the alarming implication.

Our bodies, our scholarship: Unwomen, "happy" marriage, foreign male elements, and women's studies. (Columns)

We replicate a 1986 survey of television station advertising review decisions finding that both requests for substantiation of advertising claims and rejection of commercial submissions fell.

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Armed Services Center for Research of Unit Records which also is the source for substantiation of veteran's claims of herbicide contact.

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Pursuant to NAD/National Advertising Review Board procedures, the advertiser was notified in December that this was not a substantive response to NAD's inquiry and was given an additional 15 days within which to produce substantiation for the challenged claims.

Forgers Decline Participation in NAD Forum

The representative should have returned the agent's phone calls, but the only indication in the record as to the purpose of these calls was that that agent wanted a limitations extension and not substantiation materials.

Taxpayer Victory: IRS's Position Not "Substantially Justified"

It says: "The advertisers did not provide substantiation for the success claims but agreed to send future advertisements for pre-publication advice.

Firm's horse-racing win claims are a non-starter

This praxis-oriented approach emphasizes that theoretical and conceptual innovations often emerged from "low-level" practices, rather than accepting the traditional view of praxis as simply a substantiation of "high-level" theory (though Braslow does not make use of this broader literature in his study).(1) Institutional imperatives and practical solutions shape fundamental aspects of theory and of laboratory and clinical life.

Mental Ills and Bodily Cares: Psychiatric Treatment in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

While there has been some anecdotal substantiation of melatonin's insomnia-fighting claim, real scientific evidence is sketchy.

Rush's medicine show

Section 274(d) prescribes substantiation requirements relevant to many costs likely to generate controversy under I.R.C.

The deductibility of compliance-related costs

They were also charged with using consumer testimonials without substantiation that the testimonials represented the typical experience of dieters who participated in the programs.

Three diet firms settle FTC's deceptive-ad claims