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falsifiability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being falsifiable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • These ideas have many virtues, but falsifiability is not one of them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: refutability

Antonyms: irrefutability, unfalsifiability

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English falsify Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English falsifiable Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English falsifiability From falsifiable + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vervalsbaarheid — quality of being falsifiable
  • Afrikaans: weerlegbaarheid — quality of being falsifiable
  • Amharic: ተረችነት (täräčnät) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Armenian: հերքելիություն (herkʻeliutʻyun) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Basque: faltsabilitate — quality of being falsifiable
  • Bulgarian: фалсифицируемост (falsificiruemost) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Catalan: falsabilitat — quality of being falsifiable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可證偽性 /可证伪性 (kězhèngwěixìng, kězhèngwèixìng) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Czech: falzifikovatelnost — quality of being falsifiable
  • Dutch: falsifieerbaarheid — quality of being falsifiable
  • Esperanto: malpruvebleco — quality of being falsifiable
  • Esperanto: falsebleco — quality of being falsifiable
  • Finnish: falsifioitavuus — quality of being falsifiable
  • French: falsifiabilité — quality of being falsifiable
  • Galician: falsabilidade — quality of being falsifiable
  • German: Falsifizierbarkeit — quality of being falsifiable
  • German: Widerlegbarkeit — quality of being falsifiable
  • Greek: διαψευσιμότητα (diapsefsimótita) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Hungarian: cáfolhatóság — quality of being falsifiable
  • Icelandic: afsannanleiki — quality of being falsifiable
  • Icelandic: hrekjanleiki — quality of being falsifiable
  • Indonesian: falsifiabilitas — quality of being falsifiable
  • Italian: falsificabilità — quality of being falsifiable
  • Japanese: 反証可能性 (hanshō kanōsei) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Korean: 반증 가능성 (banjeung ganeungseong) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Latvian: falsificējamība — quality of being falsifiable
  • Malay: kebolehpalsuan — quality of being falsifiable
  • Polish: falsyfikacja — quality of being falsifiable
  • Portuguese: falseabilidade — quality of being falsifiable
  • Romanian: falsificabilitate — quality of being falsifiable
  • Russian: фальсифици́руемость (falʹsificírujemostʹ) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Slovak: falzifikácia — quality of being falsifiable
  • Spanish: falsabilidad — quality of being falsifiable
  • Swedish: falsifierbarhet — quality of being falsifiable
  • Thai: การพิสูจน์ว่าเป็นเท็จ (gaan pí-sòot wâa bpen tét) — quality of being falsifiable
  • Turkish: yanlışlanabilirlik — quality of being falsifiable
  • Ukrainian: фальсифікаціонізм (falʹsyfikacionizm) — quality of being falsifiable