falsification

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the showing or proving that a claim, hypothesis, or statement is false

   A single failed prediction does not always amount to decisive falsification of a complex theory.

2. 2
   noun

   the deliberate alteration, invention, or misrepresentation of information, records, or evidence

   The researcher was dismissed after the falsification of laboratory results was discovered.

From falsify + -ation, ultimately from Latin falsus ("false") + facere ("to make"). The word can mean establishing falsity through a test or making material false through alteration or fabrication.

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