falsificationist

English

Etymology

falsification +‎ -ist

Adjective

falsificationist (not comparable)

1. (sciences) Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.
   • 2008, Andrew Chesterman, edited by Gyde Hansen, Andrew Chesterman, Heidrun Gerzymisch-Arbogast, and Benjamins Translation Library, Efforts and Models in Interpreting and Translation Research: A tribute to Daniel Gile, page 57:

     A strict falsificationist position is thus inappropriate in research on meaningful data.

Noun

falsificationist (plural falsificationists)

1. An advocate of falsificationism.