falsifiable
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Adjective (1)
- capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observationSynonyms: confirmableverifiableOpposite theoreticSimilar empirical, empiric
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fal′si·fi′a·ble adjective
Origin: Cf. OF. falsifiable.
1. Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted. Dr. Samuel Johnson
2. able to be proven false, and therefore testable; as, most religious beliefs are not falsifiable, and are therefor outside the scope of experimental science.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors