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falsificationist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fal-si-fi-ca-tion-ist
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

noun

An advocate of falsificationism.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English falsification Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English falsificationist From falsification + -ist.

Inflected Forms

falsificationists (plural)

Questions

What does falsificationist mean?
Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.
Where does falsificationist come from?
Etymology tree English falsification Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English falsificationist From falsification + -ist.

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