falsify (redirected from Falsifiability)

fal·si·fy  (fôls-f)

v. fal·si·fied, fal·si·fy·ing, fal·si·fies

v.tr.

1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent.

2.

a. To make false by altering or adding to: falsify testimony.

b. To counterfeit; forge: falsify a visa.

3. To declare or prove to be false.

v.intr.

To make untrue statements; lie.

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[Middle English falsifien, from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificre : Latin falsus, false; see false + Latin -ficre, -fy.]

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falsi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

falsi·fier n.

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falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ]

vb (tr) -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

[from Old French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre, from Latin falsus false + facere to make]

falsifiable  adj

falsification  [ˌfɔːlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən] n

falsifier  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	falsify - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story distort, garble, warp murder, mutilate, mangle - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" misrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
	2.	falsify - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" fudge, fake, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"
	3.	falsify - prove false; "Falsify a claim" confute, disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
	4.	falsify - falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" correct, right, rectify - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"
	5.	falsify - insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby interpolate, alter edit, redact - prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

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falsify

verb alter, forge, fake, tamper with, doctor, cook (slang), distort, pervert, belie, counterfeit, misrepresent, garble, misstate The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.

Translations

falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] VT [+ document] → falsificar; [+ evidence] → falsificar, falsear; [+ accounts, figures] → falsear

falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪfaɪ] vt [+ records, documents, information, data] → falsifier; [+ accounts] → falsifier, maquiller

falsify

vt

records, evidence, history → fälschen; report → entstellen; results, tests → verfälschen

(= disprove) → widerlegen, falsifizieren (spec)

falsify [ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ] vt → falsificare; (figures) → alterare