falsificationism

== English == === Etymology === From falsification +‎ -ism. === Noun === falsificationism (uncountable) (epistemology, philosophy) 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, then it is not a scientific claim. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== critical rationalism