"falsificationist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From falsification + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|falsification|ist}} falsification + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} falsificationist (not comparable)
  1. (sciences) Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-falsificationist-en-adj-xtYlme6Q Categories (other): Sciences Topics: sciences

Noun

Forms: falsificationists [plural]
Etymology: From falsification + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|falsification|ist}} falsification + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} falsificationist (plural falsificationists)
  1. An advocate of falsificationism.
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