falsification
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- noun
- /ˌfɔlsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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falsificación
- My Lord, during this trial we have heard from Professor Evans and others of at least 25 major falsifications of history.
- verification or falsification
And in this way, it is able to avoid falsification by relying on the landscape idea.
- And in this way, it is able to avoid falsification by relying on the landscape idea.
- So again, he's talking about there was no falsification.
Examples
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Current evolutionary theory has survived such falsification and gains explanatory strength.
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Bankruptcies play the same role in economic progress that falsification plays in the progress of ideas.
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Did he mention anything about, er... falsification of results?
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And in this way, it is able to avoid falsification by relying on the landscape idea.
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Likewise, I added some means of falsification in order to critically analyze the positive evidence.
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I don't like the falsification of history for politics, and in India, I think it's a pretty ugly phenomenon.
Academic text (2010) -
Hence, the importance of emphasizing the many times evolution has survived falsification, instead of simply pointing to the evidence.
Blog text (8) -
"Science proceeds by the falsification and refinement of hypotheses," Mr. Stell wrote last year in a response to critics.
Academic text (2016) -
The scientist presented clear evidence of falsification in the experiment's results.
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The investigation revealed multiple instances of falsification in the financial records.
Synonyms
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An argument or evidence that proves a claim wrong
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Showing that a belief, story, or idea is not true
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A fact or argument that shows an idea is not true
Showing that an idea or statement is wrong by using facts and reasons
Evidence that shows a belief or theory is wrong
An act of showing that an idea or claim is wrong
To make false information, for example in documents or results, to trick people
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word falsification comes from false ('not true') and a part that means 'to make', like in factory. In science, falsification often means showing or proving that an idea or claim is not true, so the origin helps you remember it is about making a claim 'false' by evidence.