Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refutationism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: refu-ta-tion-ism
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.

Uncountable

Etymology

From refutation + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: refutation

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

falsificationism

Questions

What does refutationism mean?: A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.
Where does refutationism come from?: From refutation + -ism.

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