Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being disproved or refuted. Formerly also spelled
disproveable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being disproved or refuted.
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- adjective Capable of being
disproved .
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Examples
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The prediction of the models have to be "disprovable".
Latest Articles 2008
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This argument . . . demonstrates that God, though not technically disprovable, is very very improbable indeed p.
Victor Stenger: Everything Came from Nothing Victor Stenger 2011
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That statement betrays a profoundly mistaken understanding of the theory of falsifiability, which states that in order for a hypothesis to be a legitimate subject of inquiry, it has to have a single, corresponding null hypothesis--that is, it needs to be disprovable.
Seth Mnookin: The Autism Vaccine Controversy and the Need for Responsible Science Journalism Seth Mnookin 2012
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I find it interesting that you attack the moderately hyperbolic “unregulated capitalism under Bush” phrase as being absolutist and therefore disprovable, while on the other hand insisting that capitalism cannot exist while there is any government expenditure whatsoever.
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That statement betrays a profoundly mistaken understanding of the theory of falsifiability, which states that in order for a hypothesis to be a legitimate subject of inquiry, it has to have a single, corresponding null hypothesis--that is, it needs to be disprovable.
Seth Mnookin: The Autism Vaccine Controversy and the Need for Responsible Science Journalism Seth Mnookin 2012
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And it would help polite conversation on this board if people would taste before they make blanket statements that are so easily disprovable.
Why so few tasty American wines under $12? Wine importer Bobby Kacher | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Instead, the discussions were about what the evidence did and did not suggest, and what might be disprovable from them and from future landers.
Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific Daniel B. Botkin 2011
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This argument . . . demonstrates that God, though not technically disprovable, is very very improbable indeed p.
Victor Stenger: Everything Came from Nothing Victor Stenger 2011
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Saying “no one is claiming” that is a disprovable statement.
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This argument . . . demonstrates that God, though not technically disprovable, is very very improbable indeed p.
Victor Stenger: Everything Came from Nothing Victor Stenger 2011
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