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Falsifiable

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Fal´si`fi`a`ble
a.1.Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted.
2.able to be proven false, and therefore testable; as, most religious beliefs are not falsifiable, and are therefor outside the scope of experimental science.
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Adj.1.Falsifiablefalsifiable - capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
confirmable, verifiable
empirical, empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
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