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falsifiable

adj
/ˈfɒl.sɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/UK

Etymology

From falsify + -able.

  1. derived from falsificus
  2. derived from falsificō — “make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”
  3. derived from falsifier
  4. suffixed as falsifiable — “falsify + able”

Definitions

  1. Logically capable of being proven false.

    • The sentence "It will rain tomorrow" is falsifiable, while the sentence "It is what it is" is not.

  2. Capable of being faked or forged.

    • A digital signature algorithm must be not falsifiable.

  3. The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by…

    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.

The neighborhood

Derived

falsifiability, falsifiably, nonfalsifiable, unfalsifiable

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for falsifiable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA