falsificationist

adj

Etymology

From falsification + -ist.

  1. derived from falsō
  2. derived from falser
  3. inherited from falsen
  4. derived from falsus
  5. inherited from fals
  6. inherited from false
  7. suffixed as falsification — “false + ification
  8. suffixed as falsificationist — “falsification + ist

Definitions

  1. Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific…

    Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.

    • A strict falsificationist position is thus inappropriate in research on meaningful data.
  2. An advocate of falsificationism.

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