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falsifiable

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈfɒl.sɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Logically capable of being proven false.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The sentence "It will rain tomorrow" is falsifiable, while the sentence "It is what it is" is not.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Capable of being faked or forged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A digital signature algorithm must be not falsifiable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • The statement It rains every day, everywhere is falsifiable, because it is contradicted by the basic statement On the third of August, in New York city it was not raining and it is not contradicted by the basic statement On the second of August, in New York city it was raining, while the statement It will rain someday is not falsifiable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confirmable, verifiable

Antonyms: none provided

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 From falsify + -able.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 可證偽 /可证伪 (kězhèngwěi) — able to be proven false
  • Chinese Mandarin: 證偽 /证伪 (zhèngwěi) — able to be proven false
  • Czech: falzifikovatelný — able to be proven false
  • Dutch: falsifieerbaar — able to be proven false
  • Finnish: falsifioituva — able to be proven false
  • Finnish: falsifioitava — able to be proven false
  • French: falsifiable — able to be proven false
  • German: falsifizierbar — able to be proven false
  • German: widerlegbar — able to be proven false
  • Greek: διαψεύσιμος (diapséfsimos) — able to be proven false
  • Hungarian: cáfolható — able to be proven false
  • Italian: falsificabile — able to be proven false
  • Polish: falsyfikowalny — able to be proven false
  • Russian: фальсифицируемый (falʹsificirujemyj) — able to be proven false
  • Russian: опровержимый (oproveržimyj) — able to be proven false
  • Spanish: falsable — able to be proven false
  • Swedish: falsifierbar — able to be proven false
  • French: falsifiable — capable of being falsified or forged
  • Italian: falsificabile — capable of being falsified or forged
  • Spanish: falsificable — capable of being falsified or forged