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falsificationist

falsificationist adjective: of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.

Adjective

falsificationist (not comparable)

  1. Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.
    • A strict falsificationist position is thus inappropriate in research on meaningful data.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...

Noun

falsificationist (plural falsificationists)

  1. An advocate of falsificationism.

Forms of falsificationist

pluralfalsificationists

Origin of falsificationist

From falsification + -ist.

Questions about falsificationist

What does falsificationist mean?
Falsificationist means of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.
What part of speech is falsificationist?
Falsificationist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near falsificationist in the dictionary

  1. falsificated
  2. falsificates
  3. falsificating
  4. falsification
  5. falsificationism
  6. falsificationist
  7. falsificationists
  8. falsifications
  9. falsificator
  10. falsificators
  11. falsificatory

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