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refutationism

refutationism noun: 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 it is not a scientific claim.

Noun

refutationism (uncountable)

  1. 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 it is not a scientific claim.

Origin of refutationism

From refutation + -ism.

Questions about refutationism

What does refutationism mean?
Refutationism 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 it is not a scientific claim.
What part of speech is refutationism?
Refutationism is a noun.

Words near refutationism in the dictionary

  1. refutanda
  2. refutandum
  3. refutation
  4. refutational
  5. refutationally
  6. refutationism
  7. refutationist
  8. refutationists
  9. refutations
  10. refutative
  11. refutatively

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