FALSIFIABLE Definition & Meaning

falsifiable

[ fawl-suh-fahy-uh-buhl ]

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able to be altered or represented falsely:
Using this technology ensures that customer transactions are tamper-resistant and not falsifiable.
able to be proven false:
All scientific theories are falsifiable: if evidence that contradicts a theory comes to light, the theory itself is either modified or discarded.

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First recorded in 1605–15; falsify ( def ) + -able ( def )

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It’s not quite true but also not entirely falsifiable, and other small nations next door to current or former superpowers have similar complexes.

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Scientific propositions are, however, testable and hence theoretically falsifiable, so even familiar ones are contingent.

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Those of us in the media should know better, accustomed as we are to spin, lies and falsifiable denials.

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Based on such exchanges, Agüera y Arcas argued that "statistics do amount to understanding, in any falsifiable sense."

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"I don't know, maybe it's falsifiable, it's hard to imagine. There are alternative explanations for just about any experiment," he said.

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