adj
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Meanings
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adj
capable of being disproved or shown to be false
A scientific claim must be refutable by some conceivable evidence.
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Synonyms
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adj
· capable of being disproved...
falsifiabledisprovablecontestable
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questionable
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Word family
Derived forms
refutabilityrefutably
Etymology
From Late Latin refutabilis ("capable of being refuted"), formed from Latin refutare ("to repel, rebut, or disprove") and the adjective-forming suffix represented in English by -able.