# falsifiable

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfɒl.sɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/

## Definitions
1. Logically capable of being proven false.
2. Capable of being faked or forged.
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.

## Etymology
From falsify + -able.

## Source
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