word
falsifiability
fawl-sih-fy-uh-BIL-ih-tee
ˌfɔːlsɪˌfaɪəˈbɪlɪtiListen
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falsifiability
Dictionary meaning
the property of a scientific hypothesis or theory that it makes predictions which could in principle be shown to be false by empirical observation or experiment; introduced by Karl Popper as the demarcation criterion distinguishing science from non-science; a theory that cannot be falsified because it is consistent with every possible observation is considered unscientific regardless of its explanatory appeal; central to debates about the scientific status of psychoanalysis, Marxism, and string theory
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