verifiable

adj, noun — 3 senses

verifiable

adj

UK /vɛɹ.ɪˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/ · CA, US /ˌvɛɹ.əˈfaɪ.ə.bəl/

Etymology From verify + -able.

1

Able to be verified or confirmed.

  • Do you have verifiable evidence to support that claim?
  • Sometimes these sagas and anecdotes are touched with ribaldry, or with excessive obscenity, according to the times, and sometimes they are rooted in obscure but still verifiable deistic concepts.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 88:
1 more example
  • But the post-truthism that the new autocrats are so apt at employing goes far beyond fibbing: it denies the existence of a verifiable reality. Post-truthism is not chiefly about getting lies accepted as truths but about muddying the waters to the point that it becomes difficult to discern the difference between truth and falsehood.2022 February 22, Moisés Naím, “The Dictator's New Playbook”, in Foreign Affairs:
2

Able to be qualified by a Boolean expression.

Antonyms
falsifiable

verifiable

noun

Etymology From verify + -able.

1

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A statement or observation that can be verified.

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