verifiability

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noun

The state or property of being capable of being verified; confirmability.

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Meanings

nounverifiability (usually uncountable, plural verifiabilities)

plural verifiabilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or property of being capable of being verified; confirmability.

    1973 , James C. McKeown, "Comparative Application of Market and Cost Based Accounting Models," Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 99, The verifiabilities of the other measurement systems were very similar.

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    Mill distinguished between hypotheses which rest on mere analogy and such as are capable of "being ultimately brought to the test of actual induction," claiming for the latter a verifiability which he denied to the former.

    1887, J. M. Rigg, “The Place of Hypothesis in Experimental Science”, in Mind, volume 12, number 48, page 559

    The issues of veracity and verifiability raised by testimony in trials emerge with a vengeance in the context of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

    2004, Mark Sanders, “Truths and Contestation: Literature in Law”, in Law and Literature, volume 16, number 3, page 481

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Dutch verifieerbaarheid
  • verifieerbaarheidproperty of being capable of being verified
German Überprüfbarkeit
  • Überprüfbarkeitproperty of being capable of being verified
Romanian verificabilitate
  • verificabilitateproperty of being capable of being verified
Spanish verificabilidad
  • verificabilidadproperty of being capable of being verified
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