Indirect evidence can be defined as evidence which does not directly prove or disprove the issue in question, but it can help to support or deny the issue. Unlike direct evidence, indirect evidence relies on inference or speculation to reach a conclusion. Circumstantial evidence is a type of indirect evidence, with facts that infer a specific conclusion. Other antonyms for direct evidence include hearsay evidence, which comes from a person who did not see or hear the events in question, and opinion evidence, which is the testimony of an expert or someone with specialized knowledge or experience. These types of evidence are weaker than direct evidence but can still be persuasive in certain cases.

What are the antonyms for Direct evidence?

• n.

  • communication
  • circumstantial evidence
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  • noun
  • indirect evidence
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Famous quotes with Direct evidence

• There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.

  Joseph Rotblat
• A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves.

  Edward Sapir
• Results rarely specify their causes unambiguously. If we have no direct evidence of fossils or human chronicles, if we are forced to infer a process only from its modern results, then we are usually stymied or reduced to speculation about probabilities. For many roads lead to almost any Rome.

  Stephen Jay Gould

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