Meaning

3 senses
  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.

    falsifizierbar, widerlegbar

    фальсифицируемыйfalʹsificirujemyj, опровержимыйoproveržimyj

  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 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.

More definitions
  • capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
able to be proven false:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
able to be proven false:

Forms

more falsifiable, most falsifiable
Comparativemore falsifiable Lesson
Superlativemost falsifiable Lesson

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Synonyms

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Word family

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