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falsifiable
English
Etymology
falsify +? -able
Adjective
falsifiable (comparative more falsifiable, superlative most falsifiable)
- Logically capable of being proven false.
- The sentence "It will rain tomorrow" is falsifiable, while the sentence "It is what it is" is not.
- Capable of being falsified or forged.
- A digital signature algorithm must be not falsifiable.
- (epistemology) 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
- falsifiability
- nonfalsifiable
- unfalsifiable
Related terms
- falsify
- falsificationism
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fal.si.fjabl/
- Rhymes: -abl
- Homophone: falsifiables
Adjective
falsifiable (plural falsifiables)
- falsifiable
Related terms
- falsifiabilité
- falsificateur
- falsifier
- faux
Further reading
- “falsifiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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false
English
Etymology
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English l?as (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /f??ls/, /f?ls/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f?ls/, /f?ls/
Adjective
false (comparative falser, superlative falsest)
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Spurious, artificial.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- (music) Out of tune.
Synonyms
- lease
- See also Thesaurus:false
Antonyms
- (untrue): real, true
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
false (comparative more false, superlative most false)
- in a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
Noun
false (plural falses)
- One of two options on a true-or-false test.
Anagrams
- A.S.L.E.F., Leafs, alefs, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa
Italian
Adjective
false f pl
- feminine plural of falso
Latin
Noun
false
- vocative singular of falsus
References
- false in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- false in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- false in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Verb
false
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of falsar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of falsar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of falsar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of falsar.
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