"replication crisis" meaning in All languages combined

See replication crisis on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the replication crisis [canonical]
Etymology: Coined in the early 2010s with growing awareness of the problem. Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the replication crisis
  1. All replication crises, in all scientific fields or specialties, viewed collectively as a unitary, single epistemic crisis. Related terms: replicability, reproducibility
    Sense id: en-replication_crisis-en-name-NXQj6g8y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36

Noun [English]

Forms: replication crises [plural]
Etymology: Coined in the early 2010s with growing awareness of the problem. Head templates: {{en-noun|replication crises}} replication crisis (plural replication crises)
  1. A crisis caused by the problem that many scientific studies are difficult or impossible to replicate or reproduce, casting doubt on the meaningfulness of their results in light of the requirements of the scientific method.
    Sense id: en-replication_crisis-en-noun-mk1UoXcN

Inflected forms

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