falsifiable

Meaning

1. Logically capable of being proven false.
2. Capable of being faked or forged.
3. The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.

Synonyms

confirmable

verifiable

Translations

falsifiable

falsifieerbaar

falsifizierbar

vérifiable

falsificabile

falsificável

confirmável

testável

capaz de ser provado como falso

falsable

falsable

widerlegbar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɒl.sɪ.ˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/

Etymology

From falsify + -able.