falsifiable

English

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Etymology

falsify +‎ -able

Adjective

falsifiable (comparative more falsifiable, superlative most falsifiable)

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.

Related terms

• falsifiability
• falsify
• falsificationism

Translations

able to be proven false

• Dutch: falsifieerbaar (nl)
• Finnish: falsifioituva (fi), falsifioitava (fi)
• French: falsifiable (fr)
• German: falsifizierbar (de), widerlegbar (de)

• Italian: falsificabile (it)
• Russian: фальсифицируемый (ru) (falʹsificirujemyj), опровержимый (ru) (oproveržimyj)
• Swedish: falsifierbar

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /falsifjabl/, X-SAMPA: /falsifjabl/
• Rhymes: -abl
• Homophone: falsifiables

Adjective

falsifiable (masculine and feminine, plural falsifiables)

1. falsifiable

Related terms

• falsifiabilité
• falsificateur
• falsifier
• faux