Etymology

falsificationism

Today it means: A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted, then it is not a scientific claim. Full definition →

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  1. Englishfalse
  2. Englishfalsification
  3. English todayfalsificationism

From falsification + -ism.

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