# falsificationist

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.

## Etymology
From falsification + -ist.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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