falsifiable.

Able to be shown wrong by some conceivable evidence or observation.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• falsifiable hypothesis
• falsifiable claim
• make a prediction falsifiable

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The hypothesis was falsifiable because it predicted an observable result.

A claim protected from every possible counterexample is not falsifiable.

She revised the explanation to make it falsifiable.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: Relational property; no standard -er/-est forms. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.