Falsifiability
[fawl-suh-fahy] /ˈfɔl sə faɪ/
verb (used with object), falsified, falsifying.
1.
to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive:
to falsify income-tax reports.
2.
to alter fraudulently.
3.
to represent falsely:
He falsified the history of his family to conceal his humble origins.
4.
to show or prove to be false; disprove:
to falsify a theory.
verb (used without object), falsified, falsifying.
5.
to make false statements.
/ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ/
verb (transitive) -fies, -fying, -fied
1.
to make (a report, evidence, accounts, etc) false or inaccurate by alteration, esp in order to deceive
2.
to prove false; disprove
v.
mid-15c., “to prove false,” from Middle French falsifier (15c.), from Late Latin falsificare (see falsify). Meaning “to make false” is from c.1500. Earlier verb was simply falsen (c.1200). Related: Falsified; falsifying.
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